Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People
by Dav Pilkey • Book 8 of the Captain Underpants Series
- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Adventure
- Humor
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
Year Published 2006
Word Count 7,177
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 760L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 108880, 1.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Graphic novels
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
- Graphic novels--Juvenile fiction
- Heroes
- School principals
- Schools
- School stories--Juvenile fiction
- Schools--Juvenile fiction
- School principals--Fiction
- Heroes--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Chapter Books
- School principals--Juvenile fiction
- Schools--Fiction
- Heroes and heroines--Juvenile fiction
- Humorous stories
- Science fiction
- Cartoons and comics--Fiction
- Heroes--Juvenile fiction
- Captain Underpants (Fictitious character)
- Lists With This Book
- SpringBoard, Grade 8 Unit 4
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Dav Pilkey
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 12
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Series Activity Kit from Scholastic
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Spanish Series Activity Kit from Scholastic
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Series How to Draw Captain Underpants from Scholastic
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by various narrators
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Book Trailers 6
TV Trailer: The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space from Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
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TV Series Trailer: Captain Underpants: Epic Choice o Rama from Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
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TV Series Trailer: Captain Underpants: Mega Blissmas from Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
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TV Trailer: Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants: Hack-a-ween from Netflix
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TV Trailer: The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants: Season 2 from Netflix
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Movie Trailer: Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie from Peacock TV
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