Saved by the Smell

Part of the My Mad Scientist Mom series

A boy's life spirals into chaos when a laundry experiment opens a time portal.

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128 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Ari's ordinary life takes a wild turn when his mom's latest invention, a time portal meant to tackle laundry, spirals out of control. Now, Ari must navigate prehistoric chaos to save his family from a colossal mess. Can he fix the time-bending blunder before it's too late? Dive into a world where science and adventure collide, and discover if Ari can outsmart the chaos unleashed by his mad scientist mom's well-intentioned but unpredictable experiments.

From the publisher

A boy gets buried in dirty laundry and pulled into time travel shenanigans after his mom’s latest experiment in this first book in the My Mad Scientist Mom chapter book series from acclaimed author-illustrator Jarrett Lerner. Ari’s life is filled with school, video games, and his pet turtle, Fred: pretty run-of-the mill stuff. But not anywhere near run-of-the-mill is Ari’s mom, who’s a mad scientist. That’s right, a MAD scientist. Sure, she strives to make people’s lives better with her inventions, especially at home. But all of Mom’s inventions seem to go just the slightest bit off kilter. And when she devises a time portal to help deal with the massive mounds of dirty laundry that have taken over their house, she creates a MUCH bigger problem than just stinky clothes, and it’s up to Ari to get them out of a prehistoric mess.

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