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The Giggler Treatment

by Roddy Doyle · 2000

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Booker Prize winning author Roddy Doyle is rude, silly and infectiously funny in this book for children. The Gigglers are magical pranksters who exact appropriate revenge on adults who have been mean to children.

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childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thisanimalsanimalsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisIrelandIrelandMore like thisLess of thisItalyItalyMore like thisLess of this
Mood
funnyfunnyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle gradepicture books
Length
short · 112 pages

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