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Marty McGuire has too many pets!

After visiting a great ape sanctuary, Marty and her friends set out to raise the money to "adopt" a chimpanzee by organizing a talent show at school and starting a pet-sitting business in Marty's basement--which soon gets out of hand.

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Main Author:	Messner, Kate
Other Authors:	Floca, Brian (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Scholastic Press, 2014.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Pet sitting > Juvenile fiction. Money-making projects for children > Juvenile fiction. Animal sanctuaries > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	After visiting a great ape sanctuary, Marty and her friends set out to raise the money to "adopt" a chimpanzee by organizing a talent show at school and starting a pet-sitting business in Marty's basement--which soon gets out of hand.
Physical Description:	168 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN:	9780545535595 (hc) 054553559X (hc) 9780545535601 (pb) 0545535603 (pb)
Author Notes:	KATE MESSNER is the author of The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z., winner of the E.B. White Read Aloud Award for Older Readers; Capture the Flag, an SCBWI Crystal Kite Award winner; Hide and Seek, and Manhunt. Kate lives on Lake Champlain with her family. Visit her online at www.katemessner.com . BRIAN FLOCA is the author and illustrator of the Caldecott Medal-winning book Locomotive. He also wrote and illustrated Lightship and Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, both Sibert Honor Books, and Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring, also a Sibert Honor Book. Brian now lives in Brooklyn, New York. Find him at www.brianfloca.com .