Ebook Allergic to birthday parties science

2 This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Text copyright © 2010 by Lenore Look Illustrations copyright © 2010 by LeUyen Pham All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. Schwartz & Wade Books and the colophon are trademarks of Random House, Inc. Visit us on the Web! www.randomhouse.com/kids Educators and librarians, for a variety of teaching tools, visit us at www.randomhouse.com/teachers Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Look, Lenore. Alvin Ho : allergic to birthday parties, science projects, and other man-made catastrophes / Lenore Look ; [illustrations by LeUyen Pham]. — 1st ed. p. cm. Summary: When second-grader Alvin Ho is invited to a birthday party given by a girl, his fear of everything causes him to dread going. eISBN: 978-0-375-89498-5 [1. Fear—Fiction. 2. Self-confidence—Fiction. 3. Parties—Fiction. 4. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. 5. Schools—Fiction. 6. Chinese Americans—Fiction. 7. Concord (Mass.)—Fiction.] I. Pham, LeUyen, ill. II. Title. PZ7.L8682Aq 2010 [Fic]—dc22 2009050622 Random House Children’s Books supports the First Amendment and celebrates the right to read. v3.1 3 This book belongs to Charity Chen, who had no fear of science projects or birthday parties ever. —L.L. To the great Uncle Rob, who always buys the BEST gifts! —L.P. AUTHOR’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS “Be true to your word and your work and your friend.” —John Boyle O’Reilly, “Rules of the Road,” Life of John Boyle O’Reilly, 1891 With heartfelt thanks to: Anibelly Kelley, for taking Alvin and the whole gang to Vermont with her. LeUyen Pham, for drawing all the Phamtastatic pictures! Sophie Fisher, for her research and photos of the you-know-what at Orchard House, and Vivian Low Fisher, for driving her there. All the fabulous kids in my life who are always giving me lots of story ideas for Alvin, whether or not they know it, including Sophie, Sam, Bell, Buddy, Shepherd, Kevin and Andrew. 4 my name is Alvin Ho. I was born scared, and I am still scared. I never thought I’d live to see myself in another book, on account I could’ve very well died camping in that last one. The good news is that I had the secret powers of my Batman ring and my rolls of toilet paper with me. They saved my life. The bad news is, there’s still a lot of other things that could kill me, just like that: Giant octopus. Giant trees. Giant anything. Monsters. Recess. Field trips. Karate chops. Pork chops (if they’re not well-done). Chopsticks (if you fall on them). The kiss of death. 5 ... - tailieumienphi.vn