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    Clueless McGee

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    Author Jeff Mack
    Illustrated by Jeff Mack
    Ebook
    Penguin Young Readers | Philomel Books
    On sale Aug 16, 2012 | 256 Pages | 9781101622896
    Grades 3-7
    Reading Level: Lexile GN530L
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    Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets Timmy Failure!

    Clueless McGee is just your average fifth-grader: snarky, awkward, and a magnet for trouble. The only difference: he's also an amateur detective. Determined to make his absent father proud, he uses the skills he's learned playing video games to solve mysteries. Only he's no Sherlock Holmes. Or Encyclopedia Brown. Or even Scooby-Doo. When the school bully is framed for filling the orchestra teacher's tuba with macaroni and cheese, Clueless is on the case. But can he catch the culprit before he strikes again? His only obstacle, as Jeff Mack shows us in his hilarious new illustrated series, is his own ineptitude . . . questionable talent . . . and limited intelligence. No problem!

    JEFF MACK has written and illustrated a wide range of children’s books, including If My Love Were a Fire Truck, Hush Little Polar Bear, Good News Bad News, Duck in the Fridge, Frog and Fly, Hippo and Rabbit and the Mr. Monkey series, earning him three Texas 2x2 awards, a Colorado Bell Award, a Pennsylvania Family Literacy Award, a New York Public Library Best Book of the Year Award, a Bank Street Best Book of the Year award, and an Illinois Monarch Award nomination. Visit him online at jeffmack.com.

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    "Illustrator Mack’s first foray into the cartoon-driven chapter book will be well received by the clueless and the clue-full alike." — Kirkus Reviews

    "Hilarious . . . Wimpy Kid fans will be thrilled to find this book on the shelf." — School Library Journal

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    Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets Timmy Failure!

    Clueless McGee is just your average fifth-grader: snarky, awkward, and a magnet for trouble. The only difference: he's also an amateur detective. Determined to make his absent father proud, he uses the skills he's learned playing video games to solve mysteries. Only he's no Sherlock Holmes. Or Encyclopedia Brown. Or even Scooby-Doo. When the school bully is framed for filling the orchestra teacher's tuba with macaroni and cheese, Clueless is on the case. But can he catch the culprit before he strikes again? His only obstacle, as Jeff Mack shows us in his hilarious new illustrated series, is his own ineptitude . . . questionable talent . . . and limited intelligence. No problem!

    Author

    JEFF MACK has written and illustrated a wide range of children’s books, including If My Love Were a Fire Truck, Hush Little Polar Bear, Good News Bad News, Duck in the Fridge, Frog and Fly, Hippo and Rabbit and the Mr. Monkey series, earning him three Texas 2x2 awards, a Colorado Bell Award, a Pennsylvania Family Literacy Award, a New York Public Library Best Book of the Year Award, a Bank Street Best Book of the Year award, and an Illinois Monarch Award nomination. Visit him online at jeffmack.com.

    View titles by Jeff Mack

    Praise

    "Illustrator Mack’s first foray into the cartoon-driven chapter book will be well received by the clueless and the clue-full alike." — Kirkus Reviews

    "Hilarious . . . Wimpy Kid fans will be thrilled to find this book on the shelf." — School Library Journal

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