Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pages
101
Description
When Franny Stein, self-styled mad scientist, creates a robot to show her school friends the joys of science, she ends up learning something from them instead.
Collection
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
101 p.; 7.6 inches
ISBN
0689862970 / 9780689862977
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Lexile
840L
User reviews
LibraryThing member catnor
I think you should read this book because it has good details. Franny loves science. She makes a robot. Some of the school kids work on the robot. They make a switch that spits out ketchup. They do some other crazy things too. She learns that its sometimes good to know someone who does Irish
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dancing who stamps the robot. It's good to know the stamp collector who puts stamps on his eyes. Then the baker comes over and makes cookies. Show Less
LibraryThing member ringenka
Miss Shelly's latest assignment is for each student to share a special talent with the class. Of course Franny K. Stein is going to demonstrate her talents as a mad scientist, but this is not enough for Franny. She wants the rest of the class to recognize that being a mad scientist is the only
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worthwhile talent. She realizes this is going to be challenging because her classmates seem to enjoy stamp collecting, Irish dancing, and baking cookies. Franny's attempt to help her classmates see the light goes terribly awry and results in a destructive robot on the loose in the school. Franny realizes that it will take all of her friends' unique talents to save the school from destruction. True to the series, chapters names use puns such as "Wire you looking at my robot that way?" and "Sneaking out to join the circuits." Every page of the book features illustrations which compliment the text and make the 101 pages more manageable for a child transitioning into chapter books. Show Less
Call number
J3E.Ben