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Matthew Holm

Matthew Holm is an author, illustrator, graphic designer, and freelance writer. With his sister Jennifer, he is co-creator of multiple award-winning and New York Times bestselling graphic novels, including the Babymouse series, the Squish series, and the Sunny series. With Jonathan Follett, he is the co-author and illustrator of the middle grade novel Marvin and the Moths. He lives with his wife in upstate New York.

Agent

Jill Grinberg

Marvin and the Moths

Matthew Holm, the Eisner Award-winning cocreator of Babymouse, teams with his childhood best friend, Jonathan Follett, for a hilarious prose debut.

Middle school is off to a rocky start for Marvin Watson. Doomed to misfit status, his only friends are a girl with major orthodontics, the smelliest boy in school, and the trio of sarcastic man-size moths that live in his attic.

No one said middle school would be easy! Also, no one said that Marvin’s town would be threatened by mutant bugs, including a very hungry Shakespeare-quoting spider. But life in the suburbs is full of surprises. Will Marvin be the one to unravel the mystery behind the mutants and save the town? Or will he be too busy with the real threat: his first school dance?!

This hilarious send-up of middle school has the humor of James Patterson’s I Funny, the underdog hero of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and the zany action of NERDS.

Plus: talking moths.

Praise for Marvin and the Moths

“A giggle-worthy read-aloud … this is the whole hog for silliness.” –Kirkus

“This laugh-out-loud goof fest will likely capture the imaginations of many reluctant readers …” –School Library Journal

Publisher

Scholastic

Publication Date

September 27, 2016

Age Category

Middle Grade

Genre

Contemporary Fantasy

Rights

JGLM