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 From beloved Saturday Night Live alum Kate McKinnon comes a madcap new adventure about three sisters, a ravenous worm, and a mysterious mad scientist.

So, you want to be a young mad scientist. Congratulations! Admitting it is the first step. The second step is reading the (definitely true) tale of the Porch sisters…

Gertrude, Eugenia, and Dee-Dee Porch do not belong. They don’t belong in the snooty town of Antiquarium, where all girls have to go to etiquette school and the only dog allowed is the bichon frise. They don’t belong with their adoptive family, where all their cousins are named Lavinia and their Aunt has more brooches than books. And they certainly don’t belong at Mrs. Wintermacher’s etiquette school—they’re far more interested in science. After getting kicked out of the last etiquette school that would take them, the girls expect to be sent away for good... until they receive a mysterious invitation to new school.

Suddenly the girls are under the tutelage of the infamous Millicent Quibb—a mad scientist with worms in her hair and oysters in her bathtub. At 231 Mysterium Way, the pizza is fatal, the bus is powered by Gerbils, and the Dean of Students is a hermit crab. Dangerous? Yes! More fun than they’ve ever had? Absolutely! But when the sisters are asked to save their town from an evil cabal of nefarious mad scientists, they must learn to embrace what has always made them stand out, and determine what side they’re on—before it’s too late! Action & Adventure Animal Fiction Animals Animals & Nature Best of 2024 Family Life Growing Up & Facts of Life Humorous Fiction Literature & Fiction Women's Voices
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Genuinely so imaginative and hilarious! The narrator did the whimsy of Kate McKinnon's brain child perfect justice and fully brought the tale to life. I can't wait for the next book! (Bonus, the illustrations/diagrams were such a fun addition)

Brilliant!

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I really enjoyed the footnotes from the narrator and the different voices for each character.

the humor

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This is a fun quick read with adventures and imagination. Also with s9me emotional parts. fantbook for older kids and adults.

Kid at heart

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if you love Kate McKinnon, if you love St Trinians Robert Searle Edward Gorey Hillary Knight or Neil Gaiman you will LOVE this book. With McKinnon's quirky humour this is a fun frolic that will make you laugh out loud & as soon as you finish you will want to go back & start all over again

quirky fun

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Wild, fast, funny, original and fascinating. We are listening to this story over and over!We also just bought the hardcopy just for fun. We can’t wait for the next book!!!

8 and 52 yr olds loved it

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