![]() These sections begin vague but become more and more specific to the plot and the Devlin family as the novel nears its end. ![]() Breaking up the narrative, scattered throughout the book, are short chapters on gray pages, detailing what life was like 100 years ago. The novel is written in first-person, narrated by Obe. ![]() The animal eats plastic and leaves toxic scat throughout the housing development. It classifies as fantasy because Obe discovers a new species of animal in a creek on his family's land. ME AND MARVIN GARDENS is a middle grade fantasy novel disguised as a realistic fiction novel. Obe also discovers a new species of animal on his family's land and wrestles with keeping the discovery a secret. Obe's obsession with taking care of the environment, especially his family's land, leads to social problems as some of the land begins to be developed for a new housing community. ME AND MARVIN GARDENS by Amy Sarig King is about an environmentally conscious boy named Obe Devlin. ![]()
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