Franny K. Stein. The Invisible Fran

             
        CHAPTER BOOK #3

          AUTHOR: Jim Benton

          ILLUSTRATOR: Jim Benton

          GENRE: Chapter Book

          SUB GENRE: Science fiction

          THEME:  Science and humor

          PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CHARACTERS: 
          Franny K. Stein, Ms. Shelley and classmates.

DATE OF PUBLICATION AND PUBLISHER: 
          2004 by Scholastic Inc.

SUMMARY:  This is the third book in the series and Franny’s antics do not disappoint!  The book starts off with Ms. Shelley the teacher asking the students to display their talents.  Franny sets out to convince her classmates that being a mad scientist is the best idea!  The two headed robot she creates does not impress her classmates.  But when she creates an invisibility potion, her classmates are bitten with the mad scientist bug!!  Her robot goes crazy and what happens next?? You’ll have to read the book to find out…
 

HOW WOULD YOU USE THIS BOOK AS A TEACHER:  What impressed me about this book is that the main character who love, love, loves science is a girl.  She’s not grossed out by eyeballs and guts and brains.  She finds them all fascinating.  So this series could be used to inspire young girls.  It is suitable for ages 9 – 12.