Morgy Coast to Coast

By Maggie Lewis

Book Overview

Morgy has been getting used to life in Puckett Corner, Massachusetts. Sure, he misses California, and his best friend, Keith, but it's hard to stay focused on that when there are loud baby twins in your house, a greyhound named Dante to take care of, and a big kid named Ferguson to watch out for. Morgy and his friend Byron are also taking trumpet lessons, as well as playing hockey for the Puckett Corner Pumas, the ten-and-under hockey team usually coached by Byron's Uncle Mike. But Uncle Mike is fighting forest fires in California, so the Pumas are left with Mrs. Almonio instead. She is no Uncle Mike. First Morgy made his move. Now he is adjusting to all that the fourth grade has to offer him. In Morgy Coast to Coast, Maggie Lewis has written another heartfelt and hilarious story about Morgy MacDougal-MacDuff, trumpet player, hockey star, and dog walker extraordinaire.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618448969
• ISBN13: 9780618448968
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Even better than the first one!

Morgy Makes His Move is a really good book, so when Morgy Coast to Coast came out I was eager to read it. It lived up to and surpassed my expectations. Sequels have a way of dissapointing, but this one is actually better than the first one. The thing I love about Morgy is the realness of him and his world. The author perfectly captures the talk of Moms and aunts and the everything-happening-at-once atmosphere of a family with three kids. The book is filled with perfect details about ordinary things like elementary school, babies, dogs and cats, New England, and being a kid. They're so accurate that they make me see those ordinary things fresh in my head, with a vividness that is rare and welcome in any novel. The clarity of her descriptions made me smile in recognition, and sometimes laugh out loud--parts of this book are really funny. Another thing that I really like about this book is its realistic goodness and insight. Often, goodness in kid's books is made to look boring or preachy or weak. Those are problems that both Morgy books avoid beautifully. Morgy is fully human--there's no doubt about that--and part of being human is wanting to be good. In Morgy's world, as in the real world, good is normal and interesting.