Is He a Girl?

I love reading kids' books and Louis Sachar is one of my favorite all-time authors. His books are funny, insightful and have great stories. There are a lot of times where I would choose his books over an 'adult book.'
This book is number three of eight in the Marvin Redpost series. The series follows a young redhead boy on his various adventures.
Is He a Girl? tells the story of the time when Marvin, after talking to a girl in his class about how to turn into a girl, thinks that he accidentally did it and has turned into a girl. For the rest of the story he is confused with his identity and ends up not really sure who or what he is. Sachar has several books where people's thoughts or beliefs about themselves are what cause those things to be true. Its a pretty interesting idea and he does it well here in a humorous and light-hearted way. This one gets a big thumbs-up.