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I loved this book! This book is a part of series that follows the same boy Marvin Redpost through different adventures. This adventure was about Marvin being possible switched at birth at the hospital. It is such a funny book and Marvin goes through so much trouble to see if he is really a prince that was switched at birth. He even gets a DNA test. It was such a funny book! I enjoyed it. I read it over a span of three weeks with a struggling reader in my placement class. ( )

Reread a decade after the first time. Still think it's 3 stars. I like how Sachar's kids, *and* their parents and other people, are real. They're drawn to appeal to diverse readers, but are still not simple iconographic cardboard. Still, this just doesn't stand out to me. Even as a kid I would be all 'oh the poor king, still can't find his own son.'

Unlike the first time, though, I won't stop here. I checked out a whole stack of Marvin Redpost from my library, because I love Sachar's work and he just doesn't write fast enough for me. ( )