{"product_id":"alvin-ho-collection-books-3-and-4-allergic-to-birthday-parties-science-projects-and-other-man-made-catastrophe-cd-9780307941541","title":"Alvin Ho Collection: Books 3 and 4","description":"\u003cb\u003eEveryone's favorite neurotic second grader is back, with a collection of the funniest and most touching Alvin Ho books to date.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllergic to Birthday Parties, Science Projects, and Other Man-made Catastrophes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the third hilarious book about Alvin Ho, a boy who's afraid of \u003ci\u003eeverything, \u003c\/i\u003eincludes his fear of a birthday party. What could possibly be so scary about a birthday party? Let Alvin explain: \u003cbr\u003eYou might be dressed for bowling . . . but everyone else is dressed for swimming. \u003cbr\u003eYou could get mistaken for the pi ata.\u003cbr\u003eYou could eat too much cake. \u003cbr\u003eYou could throw up. \u003cbr\u003eSo when Alvin receives an invitation to a party--a \u003ci\u003egirl's\u003c\/i\u003e party--how will he ever survive? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllergic to Dead Bodies, Funerals, and Other Fatal Circumstances\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the fourth book in the Alvin Ho series, Alvin is facing something truly scary: the idea that someone he loves might die. When Alvin's GungGung loses his best friend, Alvin (gulp) volunteers to go with him to the funeral. Lenore Look and LeUyen Pham touch on a more serious subject in this Alvin book, but it's still filled with the same humor and laugh-out-loud antics fans have come to expect from the series. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLenore Look's touching, drop-dead-funny book about an Asian American second grader has tons of boy appeal and is great for reluctant readers. The previous books in the series, \u003ci\u003eAlvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAlvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters, \u003c\/i\u003e have received rave reviews. Alvin's a winner, declares the \u003ci\u003eNew York Post, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e says, The novel . . . shares with \u003ci\u003eDiary of a Wimpy Kid\u003c\/i\u003e the humor that stems from the hero's Herculean efforts to manipulate the world around him in his favor, without all the facts at his disposal. \u003ci\u003eAlvin Ho\u003c\/i\u003e perfectly captures the trials and tribulations of boyhood.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50348476956945,"sku":"CIN030794154XG","price":14.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/030794154X.jpg?v=1750973803","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/alvin-ho-collection-books-3-and-4-allergic-to-birthday-parties-science-projects-and-other-man-made-catastrophe-cd-9780307941541","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}