The Book You're Not Supposed to Have
by Stephan Pastis • Book 5 of the Timmy Failure Series
Banishment from his life's calling can't keep a comically overconfident detective... read more
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Humor
- Mystery
- Graphic Novel
Year Published 2016
Word Count 17,600
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 610L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 185220, 3.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
- Detectives--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | General
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION--Humorous Stories
- Schools--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
- Mothers and sons--Juvenile fiction
- Mothers and sons--Fiction
- Schools
- Mothers and sons
- JUVENILE FICTION--Comics & Graphic Novels--General
- Illustrated children's books
- Polar bears--Fiction
- Mystery and detective stories
- Mother-son relationship--Fiction
- Schools--Juvenile fiction
Our Original Resources 4
Audio Name Pronunciation with Stephan Pastis
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Mystery Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 4
Interview with Stephan Pastis
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Interview with Stephan Pastis
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Series Timmy Failure Drawing Demonstration with
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Series Interview with
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 10
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Mystery Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Series How to draw Molly Moskins from Candlewick Press
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Series How to draw Corinna Corinna from Candlewick Press
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Series How to draw Rollo Tookus from Candlewick Press
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Series How to draw Total from Candlewick Press
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Series Vocabulary Flashchards from Series Website
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Series Activity Guide from Candlewick Press
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Series Activity Guide from National Literacy Trust
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Series Activities from Series Website
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Jared Goldsmith
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Book & Adaptation Websites 1
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