"When she was four and a half years old, Martha Green was discovered in the meat department of the L. A. Food Mart." She starred in two commercials - one for Souper Soup and one for Wendy Wet. Now she is an unpopular sixth grade has been with two older brilliant sisters whose college costs necessitate dual incomes and make Martha a latch key kid. Her best friend, Winston, who lives upstairs in their apartment building, is gifted and has a heart condition. When Martha unpacks an unknown package addressed to "The Resident and discovers a guitar, plum purple and shiny," she is amazed. "Now wouldn't it be the most amazing thing, she thought, the most incredible, amazing thing, if this guitar were like magic sticks and magic beans and magic pots that made wishes come true in storybooks?" Martha and her Shakespeare-quoting, clarinet-playing friend fashion a sort of contagious, magical good will routine while dealing with a memory-impaired grandpa, cliques, peer pressure, bullies, a robbery, and the meaning of friendship and the necessity for honesty. I highly recommend this one for elementary age students! No objectionable language or situations to shatter a heartwarming, true-to-life, morality tale.
"Is that magic? One person making another person feel better, think better? Could be."
"To thine own self be true." (peer pressure, cliques)
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