Recipe for Disaster
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Chapter Book · Ages 6–10 · 2020 · Est. 1 hour read

Recipe for Disaster

Written and illustrated by Jim Benton

Book #9 in the Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist series

A young inventor must stop a robot she created from taking over the world with its addictive muffins.

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128 pages· 6,052 words· Est. 1 hour read
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Franny K. Stein, a quirky young scientist, tackles her school's fundraising woes with a culinary experiment. Her quest to bake the world's most delicious muffin leads to unexpected chaos as the irresistible treat causes a frenzy. Can Franny control the muffin mania before it consumes her school? Dive into this hilarious adventure where science meets baking, and nothing is as simple as it seems.

From the publisher

Franny K. Stein is back with another laugh-out-loud experimental adventure in the ninth book in the Mad Scientist series from Jim Benton, the New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of the Dear Dumb Diary and It’s Happy Bunny series. Franny K. Stein isn’t a good baker. But when she sees that the fundraisers for the art and music departments at her school aren’t making enough money, she decides to take matters into her own hands. Using her genius mind and kitchen, which is really just another type of laboratory, she sets out to create The Most Delicious Muffin On Earth! Sales, of course, go through the roof. But bad things can happen when people become exposed to the best thing they’ve ever tasted. They can become…overenthusiastic.

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
128
Words
6,052
Reading age
6–10
Audience
Juvenile Reader
Lexile
630L
Themes & topics
Books about friendshipBooks about schoolBooks about scienceBooks about technologyBooks about experiments
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
4.1
F&P level
~O
AR points
1
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
510115
Publication
Published
July 21, 2020
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781534413405

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