Frantastic Voyage (Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist Series #5)

by Jim Benton, Jim Benton (Illustrator)

Overview

Goosebumps and Bill Nye the Science Guy fans, meet Franny!

Franny’s faithful Lab assistant, Igor, has swallowed a doomsday device that is ready to go off at any moment! For a regular scientist, it might seem like there’s only one way to get the device out—um...make that two ways.

But Franny K. Stein is no ordinary scientist, so she concocts her own way to get the device back and save her friend. With her miniaturization machine, Franny shrinks herself to the size of a pin and goes on a field trip like no other...through the body of a ticking time-dog! Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy ride!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781416902300
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Publication date:	05/01/2006
Series:	Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist Series , #5
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	443,550
Product dimensions:	5.12(w) x 7.62(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	850L (what's this?)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Jim Benton is the New York Times bestselling writer of the Dear Dumb Diary series and a cartoonist whose unique brand of humor has been seen on toys, television, T-shirts, greeting cards, and even underwear. Franny K. Stein is the first character he’s created especially for young children. A husband and father of two, he lives in Michigan, where he works in a studio that really and truly does have creepy stuff in it.

Jim Benton is the New York Times bestselling writer of the Dear Dumb Diary series and a cartoonist whose unique brand of humor has been seen on toys, television, T-shirts, greeting cards, and even underwear. Franny K. Stein is the first character he’s created especially for young children. A husband and father of two, he lives in Michigan, where he works in a studio that really and truly does have creepy stuff in it.

Editorial Reviews

First of all, a point of clarification: Igor, Franny's faithful lab assistant, is not a full-bred Labrador. He's part poodle, part Chihuahua, part beagle...well, you get the picture. So when Igor swallows the doomsday device, Franny K. Stein responds both as a frantically mad scientist and a devoted dog owner, which of course complicates the matter of extraction. As always, Jim Benton's "frantastic" voyages can please both kids and adults.

Gr 2-5-In this lively fifth installment in the series, Franny finds herself in a panic when her faithful canine assistant swallows her latest invention. She then must delve the depths-of Igor's stomach-to retrieve her Doomsday Device. While totally unbelievable, the child's imaginative voyage takes her swimming through a sea of snot and boogers and combines the gross-out factor with black-and-white cartoons. The story will appeal to both boys and girls, and the writing style (and even the typeface) is age appropriate. Plus, the very short chapters with art on every page will hold the attention of even the most reluctant readers.-Diane Eddington, Los Angeles Public Library Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal