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Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Blasts Off!
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Phineas L. MacGuire (a.k.a. Mac) is less than up-to-date on planetary happenings. (Marsquakes? Who knew?) If he's going to be the best scientist in the fourth grade, Mac has to set his sights pretty high. To outer space, actually. But Space Camp is expensive. Where is he going to find enough money for a week on Mars (or a pretty close simulation t...more
Phineas L. MacGuire (a.k.a. Mac) is less than up-to-date on planetary happenings. (Marsquakes? Who knew?) If he's going to be the best scientist in the fourth grade, Mac has to set his sights pretty high. To outer space, actually. But Space Camp is expensive. Where is he going to find enough money for a week on Mars (or a pretty close simulation t...more
Hardcover, 208 pages
Published
June 17th 2008
by Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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Phineas "Mac" MacGuire loves science and spends a lot of time exploring the world around him, from planets to bacteria. In this addition to the series of books about Mac, he wants to go to Space Camp (who wouldn't?), but must either earn the money himself or write an essay that will win him a scholarship. True to her skill as a writer, Dowell has him get a job walking a dog, which causes him to devise a science experiment based on observing the fact that the dog slobbers a lot. Then, realizing t...more
With his mold museum, Mac has pretty well sewn up the designation as best scientist in the fourth grade, his goal for the year. But during Share and Stare time, his interest is piqued by another student's news item about Mars. Suddenly, astronomy becomes very important to Mac--so important that when he hears there is a Space Camp, attendance becomes his new goal.
Space Camp and the airplane tickets to get there aren't an expense his mom and stepfather Lyle volunteer to fund, so Mac takes matters...more
Space Camp and the airplane tickets to get there aren't an expense his mom and stepfather Lyle volunteer to fund, so Mac takes matters...more
This is the first of the Phineas L. MacGuire books that I have read, but it won't be the last! I laughed out loud in many places in this book. I can't wait to use this book with my after school book group. I think the kids will enjoy it.
Francis O'Roark Dowell is a master of getting into the heads of 9 year olds. Loved the slobber experiments and how Phineas and his friends worked together to get him to Space Camp.
My son read this. Parts of it he read out loud to me. It seems like a pretty good story for a kid who likes both science and dogs!
Great read for those who are past Franny K.Stein books.
Mac is in grade 4. Loves science. Likable character. Boys would enjoy. Girls too!
Mac is in grade 4. Loves science. Likable character. Boys would enjoy. Girls too!
I like the first one the best, but I really liked this one too! I can't believe Dowell wrote 2 books that I enjoyed in ONE YEAR!
#3 in the series, but the first one I've read. I will definitely read the first two.
Can't wait for the next one!
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Frances O'Roark Dowell is an author of middle-grade fiction. Her books have received numerous awards, including an Edgar (Dovey Coe), the William Allan White Award (Dovey Coe), the Christopher Award (Shooting the Moon), the Voya Book Award (Where I'd Like to Be), and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Excellence in Children's Fiction, Honor Book (Shooting the Moon). Dowell has an MFA in Creative...more
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