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The Meanwhile Adventures

The Meanwhile Adventures

By Roddy Doyle, illustrated by Brian Ajhar

Interest Level

Grades 3 - 5

Reading Level

Grade level Equivalent: 2.9

Lexile Measure®: 560L

DRA: 40

Guided Reading: Q

Genre

  • Comedy and Humor

Theme/Subject

  • Changes and New Experiences
  • Family Life
  • Life Experiences

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About This Book

You remember Mr. Mack, the man who was so memorably saved from a pile of poo in The New York Times bestseller The Giggler Treatment. He's now become an inventor, which quickly lands him in jail. Mrs. Billie Jean Fleetwood-Mack is missing and Robbie and Jimmy Mack attempt a prison break. Meanwhile, the slugs of Dublin have launched a bid for world domination. Can the hilarious Mack family rush to the rescue just one last time?

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Roddy Doyle's biography
Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle's first novel, The Commitments, was self-published in 1987 to great critical acclaim, and adapted into a hit movie in 1991. Paddy Clark Ha Ha Ha won Doyle the Mann Booker Prize, the United Kingdom's highest literary honor. His A Star Called Henry was an international bestseller, and the much-anticipated sequel Oh, Play That Thing is a Fall 2004 publication.
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