Allergic to Birthday Parties, Science Projects, and Other Man-made Catastrophes

✍ Scribed by Look, Lenore

• Book ID: 106913182
• Publisher: Random House Children's Books
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 9 MB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780375894985

✦ Synopsis

Here's the third hilarious chapter book in the series about Alvin Ho, a boy who's afraid of everything. For example, what could possibly be so scary about a birthday party? Let Alvin explain:
You might be dressed for bowling . . . but everyone else is dressed for swimming.
You could get mistaken for the piñata.
You could eat too much cake.
You could throw up.
So when Alvin receives an invitation to a party--a girl's party--how will he ever survive?

Lenore Look's touching, drop-dead-funny book about an Asian American second grader--with pictures by New York Times bestselling illustrator LeUyen Pham--has tons of boy appeal and is great for reluctant readers. The previous books in the series, Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things and Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters, have received rave reviews. ''Alvin's a winner,'' declares the New York Post, and...