Follow That Furball

Magic Bone #3

by Nancy E. Krulik, Sebastien Braun (Illustrations)

Sparky, the cute, loveable sheepdog puppy, is off to Rome! Upon his arrival, he buries his bone and begins to explore the city. He wanders into the Largo di Torre Argentina--the coolest place he's seen yet. Until he notices...it's filled with cats! And one of them has his bone! Sparky must chase two conniving cats around Trevi Fountain, through the Borghese Gardens, and into the Colosseum to try to get his bone back. Will he be able to outsmart the cats, or will he have to stay in Rome forever?

Genres: Childrens, Chapter Books, Animals

128 pages, Library Binding

First published November 14, 2013

About the author

Nancy Krulik is the author of more than 100 books for children and young adults, including three New York Times bestsellers. She is best known, however, for being the author and creator of the Katie Kazoo Switcheroo book series, which has brought her to the attention of second, third, and fourth graders nationwide.

Nancy has also written extensively for teens and is well known as a biographer of Hollywood's hottest young stars. Her knowledge of the details of celebrities lives has made her a desired guest on several entertainment shows on the E! network as well as on Extra and Access Hollywood. She can be seen there talking about the secret lives of such celebs as Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Hilary Duff, and Frankie Muniz. Nancy has also been a guest on radio broadcasts nationwide discussing the superstars she has researched over the years.

As the author of several teen and preteen advice books, including Grosset and Dunlap's Prom!: The Complete Guide to a Truly Spectacular Night, Nancy has been interviewed by several prominent magazines including Cosmo Girl, Teen, Teen People, Seventeen, and Teen Celebrity. She has also been the celebrity guest for three Teen People chat presentations. Nancy has recently begun to delve into the teen novel market, writing four romances for young adults, all of which will be published between 2004 and 2005.

Nancy currently lives in Manhattan with her husband, composer Daniel Burwasser, their two children, Amanda and Ian, and a crazed cockerspaniel named Pepper .

Reviews

[Asho · Rating 2 out of 5]

S and I started this book, read a few chapters, then put it down and went on to other things and didn't feel compelled to come back to it for a really, really (really) long time. S just doesn't find these Magic Bone books particularly compelling, and I have to agree with him. I think they are fun as sort of travel guides to various locations, but the writing isn't great. The story in this one wasn't exciting, either. The dog just chases Roman cats around and that's pretty much the extent of it.
At this point we took so long to read book three that I feel like he's already just about outgrown these in terms of reading level. I was reading this aloud to him when we first started this book, but now his reading skills have grown in leaps and bounds over the past year so he definitely doesn't need me to read these to him anymore, and even reading them on his own probably wouldn't challenge him.
He received a whole box set of these as a gift, but maybe I'll pass them along to his younger sister.

[Marlee · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book with my daughter. I liked that this one seemed a bit different than the others we’d read (we haven’t been reading them in order). But, I didn’t like that they didn’t seem to see as many interesting places for us to read about at the end of the book. My daughter didn’t like that the dog kept repeating that dogs are smarter than cats.

[Bethany · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read aloud with R. May '24.
Sparky in Rome.

[Mandy Robek · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the alliteration and word endings the author had fun with.

[Heather Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

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