# Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom

**Author:** Eric Wight
**Grade range:** Grades 3–5
**Age range:** 8–10
**First published:** 2010
**Page count:** 100
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780545250146`
**ISBN-10:** `0545250145`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/frankie-pickle-and-the-closet-of-doom
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Chapter book meets graphic novel in this first book in the series everyone will be talking about. Like most kids, Frankie Pickle hates cleaning his room. But what happens when his mom says he never has to clean it again? For Frankie and his unstoppable imagination, it means he and his sidekick, Argyle, can become explorers swinging on vines, forging paths through piles of clothes, and scooting past lava pits. They can perform flawless surgery on a broken action figure. They can spend time in the big house. They can even become superheroes.

## Where this book is assigned

### Virginia Readers' Choice

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2012-2013 winner (Elementary)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2012-2013 winner (Elementary)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Virginia — [source: Virginia Readers' Choice past winners, 2012-2013 winner (Elementary)](https://vslatoday.org/VRC-past-titles)

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