FICTION

Keep Your Paws Off!

by Mark PARISI
Keep Your Paws Off! 256p. (Marty Pants). HarperCollins. Feb. 2018. Tr $12.99. ISBN 9780062427786.
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Gr 3–5—Marty, the not-too-bright protagonist from the first series installment, is back solving another mystery—this time about himself. He finds a scrap of his older sister's diary with an intriguing statement: "Marty is a we…." Unfortunately, the sentence is cut off. What does his sister Erica know about him? Is he a weatherman? A weightlifter? Or, thinks Marty, could he possibly be a werewolf? Marty convinces himself that he must be a werewolf and that his transformation will happen when the moon is full. Parisi's simple stick cartoons appear on every page of this short, quick read. Readers know that Marty will come through it all, if a bit battered. Indeed, Erica got it right; Marty is a weirdo, but in a good way.
VERDICT A solid choice for young reluctant readers who like hybrid novels.
Reviewed by Lillian Hecker, Town of Pelham Public Library, NY , Oct 01, 2017

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