When Fran creates a robot to show her school friends, she ends up learning something from them.

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 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. Ages: 5-9. ( )

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 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. ( )

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