A terrific little book I can recommend to everyone! Marty is a spirited and curious third grader challenged to help save the earth via a science project. She is a girl who appreciates the little things and cares about the big ones. She explains that Monday is a tasty day because it’s goulash for lunch and they give you ice cream for dessert. (Otherwise no one would buy the goulash) She loves being class helper because you don’t have to sit still so much and if you tell the librarian, Miss Stephanie about the last book you read, she gives you a starburst from the secret stash she keeps under her librarian desk. There are high jinks and hysterical consequences as the various science projects progress. It’s completely entertaining, makes learning sound like fun, and happily demonstrates the use of journaling.