Fourth-grade science whiz Phineas L. MacGuire is forced to team up with the new boy in class on a science fair project, but the boy's quirky personality causes Phineas to wonder if they have any chance of winning.
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On a travelling book tour
Each year kids in Vermont, grades 4 to 8, are encouraged to read books from a list of 30 titles. In April, kids throughout Vermont vote on their favorite title, & the book that receives the most votes is the winner of the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award. Here follows the list for 2007/08. Read some or read them all. Post your thoughts here!
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DCF List 2007-2008
- Adventures of Marco Polo, The
- Alabama Moon
- All of the Above
- Alphabet of Dreams
- Black Duck
- Bread and Roses, Too
- Case of the Missing Marquess, The
- Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen, The
- Counting on Grace
- Crossing the Wire
- Dream-Maker's Magic, The
- Drowned Maiden's Hair, A
- Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini
- Firegirl
- Gemini Summer
- Gossamer
- Hattie Big Sky
- Higher Power of Lucky, The
- Keturah and Lord Death
- King of Attolia, The
- Listen!
- Odd Man Out
- One-Handed Catch
- Owen & Mzee
- Phineas L. MacGuire...Erupts
- Rules
- Small White Scar, A
- Story of Salt, The
- Weedflower
- White Elephant, The
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- autism (1)
- biographies (2)
- Canadian authors (3)
- contemporary fiction (8)
- criminal activity (1)
- disabilities (4)
- dog stories (2)
- Down syndrome (1)
- fantasy (4)
- historical fiction (9)
- humorous stories (2)
- magic (1)
- multicultural fiction (4)
- mysteries (5)
- nonfiction (2)
- orphan stories (3)
- pioneer fiction (1)
- romance (1)
- siblings (3)
- survival stories (2)
- suspense (1)
- Vermont fiction (2)
- World War II fiction (2)
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
On a travelling book tour
Who is Dorothy Canfield Fisher?
Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879-1958) was a very busy author who published a lot of books for adults and children from the early 1900s through the 1950s. She lived in Vermont but her books were popular worldwide!
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2007
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June
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- Counting on Grace, by Elizabeth Winthrop
- The King of Attolia, by Megan Whalen Turner
- Listen, by Stephanie Tolan
- The Case of the Missing Marquess, by Nancy Springer
- The Dream-Maker's Magic, by Sharon Shinn
- All of the Above, by Shelley Pearsall
- Bread and Roses, Too, by Katherine Paterson
- A Small White Scar, by K. A. Nuzum
- Rules, by Cynthia Lord
- Black Duck, by Janet Taylor Lisle
- Gemini Summer, by Iain Lawrence
- Alabama Moon, by Watt Key
- Weedflower, by Cynthia Kadohata
- Crossing the Wire, by Will Hobbs
- Owen & Mzee, by Isabella Hatkoff
- The Adventures of Marco Polo, by Russell Freedman
- Alphabet of Dreams, by Susan Fletcher
- The White Elephant, by Sid Fleischman
- Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini, by Sid Fl...
- Odd Man Out, by Sarah Ellis
- Phineas L. MacGuire...Erupts!, by Frances O'Roark ...
- One-Handed Catch, by Mary Jane Auch
- The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen, by M.T. Anderson
- Firegirl, by Tony Abbott
- The Story of Salt, by Mark Kurlansky
- Hattie Big Sky, by Kirby Larson
- A Drowned Maiden's Hair, by Laura Amy Schlitz
- The Higher Power of Lucky, by Susan Patron
- Gossamer, by Lois Lowry
- Keturah and Lord Death, by Martine Leavitt
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June
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19 comments:
I really enjoyed this book. It was a quick and funny read. Phineas is sure he and his bestfriend will win next year's school science fair. Phineas arrives back at school after summer vacation to find out that his bestfriend/science fair partner has unexpectedly moved away. Find out what happens when the teacher assigns him a new partner....the annoying new kid! I particularly liked how the author included actual science experiments in the story. Prepare to laugh!
This book is funny and interesting!!! Any one who likes to hear somomes life should read this!!
Chris A of Berlin says: I realy liked this book because i was always funny. I recommemed it to people who like inventing stuff. I give this 5 Stars (*****)!
The End
Brooke S. says:
This is some what strange yet funny! I loved this book because it was hilarious!
Brieanna M. from Berlin said...
haha...funny.....two guys that hate each other work together.......teamwork.......
this was a totally sweet book
It was the best book ever. I thought it was very good. I think it would be cool if they made a second one.
There is a second book: Phineas L. MacGuire... Gets Slimed! It came out the summer of 2007. And, there's a third one due out June 2008: Phineas L. MacGuire...Blasts Off!
If your a science person you should read this book. It has some hilarious chapters in it. Mac has a friend that can draw goood. I really reccomend this book to anyone.
THIS BOOK IS AWESOME!
This was amazing! It was an easy read, but it was fun. I think it's good for science-y people.
I'm reading it at home. It's funny how Mac always realates to science. science isn't my favorite subject but... it's good.
i wonder how many phineas L. macguire... books there are. If any of you people who are posting comments who know that... please post it on your next blog.
PS. Dorothy Canfeild Fisher, you are amazing!
See the comment posted on January 2nd - the other Phineas titles are mentioned above.
This is and asome book it is a MUST READ.
this book is really boaring
This is a GREAT book!!! It is a book about a boy who's best friend moves away, and the most obnoxious boy moves in. He is forced to work with him in a science fair.
The reson I like this book is because it had a lot of lesons in it, like don't joge people and more.
I liked this book because Phineas L MaGuire is such a quenius but he is paired with a non caring student, but they find a project the both enjoy.
They focus on it together and in the end it works out well.
I loved this book because the author put a lot of detail and the part I liked the most was the very end because it had a couple of experiments that showed what you needed to do it with and I thought it was really COOL.
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