Something Wonky This Way Comes
by Kate DiCamillo and Chris Van Dusen • Book 6 of the Mercy Watson Series
- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Adventure
- Humor
- Picture Book
Year Published 2009
Word Count 2,234
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 530L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 131446, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
- Motion picture theaters--Fiction
- Pigs
- Watson, Mercy (Fictitious character)
- Drive-in theaters
- Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Chapter Books
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Pigs
- Humorous stories
- Swine
- Pigs--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
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Meet-the-Author Movie with Kate DiCamillo
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Chris Van Dusen
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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About the Authors 7
Audio Name Pronunciation with Kate DiCamillo
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Chris Van Dusen
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Meet-the-Author Movie with Kate DiCamillo
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2016 Interview with Kate DiCamillo
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National Ambassador for Young People's Literature inauguration of Kate DiCamillo
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2014 National Book Festival speech by Kate DiCamillo
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Interview with Kate DiCamillo
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2018 Interview with Kate DiCamillo
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