Jack Blasts Off (Jack Book #2)

by Mac Barnett (Author) Greg Pizzoli (Illustrator)

Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
Series: Jack Book

When the Lady is mad at Jack, she decides to send him and Rex on a one-way trip to outer space. While she enjoys some rare peace and quiet, Jack and Rex get into trouble, resulting in their exile to the dark side of the moon.

After an alien chase and some snacks, Jack and Rex get blasted home to Earth. But will the Lady take naughty Jack back?

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Pizzoli’s very simple, brightly colored cartoon figures (capped by a drawing lesson at the end) play nicely with Barnett’s pithy narrative.

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Mac Barnett
Mac Barnett is the New York Times bestselling author of more than forty books, including Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, Extra Yarn, and the Mac B., Kid Spy series. His books have won numerous prizes, including three E.B. White Read-Aloud Awards, two Caldecott Honors, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Mac lives in Oakland, California.

Greg Pizzoli is an author, illustrator, and printmaker. His first picture book, The Watermelon Seed, won the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award, and his book Good Night Owl was a Geisel Honor. His Viking nonfiction picture book Tricky Vic was a New York Times Best Illustrated of 2015. He lives in Philadelphia.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780593113851
Lexile Measure
280
Guided Reading Level
I
Publisher
Viking Books for Young Readers
Publication date
September 20, 2019
Series
Jack Book
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV002210 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Rabbits
JUV051000 - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
Library of Congress categories
Behavior
Rabbits
Dogs
Moon
Conduct of life
Interplanetary voyages

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