Marty is a tomboy who isn’t interested in dress up like the other girls. She loves frogs and entering the third grade. This year her best friend, Annie starts to hang out with the girly girls. At school she is cast as the princess in the play, but Marty decides to be her own kind of princess. ( )

This story is about a girl in 3rd grade who doesn't act like the her girl classmates. Marty would rather catch frogs in the pond at recess then play dress up with the other girls. When Marty's teacher casts her as the princess in the school play she is beside herself. Marty ends up learning a valuable life lesson through her teachers actions. Marty improvises her role as the princess by adding her own personal touches to the play, such as using a real live frog. ( )

This is the story of a girl named Marty McGuire who loves to adventure, climb trees, and catch frogs. However, Marty is struggling. She is struggling with the transition to third grade because her best friend Annie has become good friends with the very "girly" Veronica. For Marty this is difficult. She still wants to catch frogs during recess and get muddy but Annie is busy dancing and dressing up like princesses. One day her third grade teacher tells Marty that she will casted as the Princess in the "The Frog and the Princess" play. After much hesitation she is forced into the role. From this experience Marty learns that she is brave, strong, and energetic; just what the role needed for the princess. At the end of the book Annie calls Marty to spend time with her and Veronica comes too. This time though they come up with a compromise for all the girls to be happy; playing outside and dressing up. ( )

Marty Mcguire is a cute early chapter book and will be fitting for intermediate readers. In this realistic fiction, Marty Mcguire overcomes her view of a stereotypical princess. In order to be the princess in the Princess and the Frog, she must throw in her personal twist to the play. ( )

Marty is an energetic, adventurous, animal loving 3rd grader. She is not to sure about third grade, especially the fact that her once best friend, Annie, has become friends with the dance loving "girly girl", Veronica Grace. when her teacher announces that Marty will play the Princess in the class play, The Frog Prince, nobody is more surprised than Marty. With some cajoling she finally accepts the part and does her best to be an authentic princess. In order to help the play to truly come to life she and her classmate, Rupert, hatch a plan to have a real frog play the part of the Frog Prince. Luckily, the play is a success and Marty learns a lesson that people can have their differences but still remain good friends.