Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Erupts!
The First Experiment
By Frances O'Roark Dowell
Illustrated by Preston McDaniels
Table of Contents
About The Book
HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PHINEAS L. MACGUIRE,
BOY-SCIENTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE, AKA MAC:
1. He's allergic to purple, telephone calls, and girls, and can prove it.
2. He's probably the world's expert on mold, including which has the highest stink potential.
3. He does not have a best friend. He does, however, have an un-best friend, who he does not -- repeat, not -- want to upgrade to best-friend status.
But disaster strikes when his teacher pairs Mac and his un-best friend together for the upcoming science fair. Worse, this un-best friend wants the project to be on dinosaurs, which is so third grade. Worse still, it seems as though everyone else in his class finds the un-best friend as unlikable as Mac does. But, being a boy-scientist, once Mac notices this, he just might have to do some investigating.
This very funny young middle-grade novel includes tantalizingly grue- some experiments for exploding your own volcanoes and imploding marshmallows.
BOY-SCIENTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE, AKA MAC:
1. He's allergic to purple, telephone calls, and girls, and can prove it.
2. He's probably the world's expert on mold, including which has the highest stink potential.
3. He does not have a best friend. He does, however, have an un-best friend, who he does not -- repeat, not -- want to upgrade to best-friend status.
But disaster strikes when his teacher pairs Mac and his un-best friend together for the upcoming science fair. Worse, this un-best friend wants the project to be on dinosaurs, which is so third grade. Worse still, it seems as though everyone else in his class finds the un-best friend as unlikable as Mac does. But, being a boy-scientist, once Mac notices this, he just might have to do some investigating.
This very funny young middle-grade novel includes tantalizingly grue- some experiments for exploding your own volcanoes and imploding marshmallows.
About The Illustrator
Preston McDaniels
Preston McDaniels is the illustrator of the Phineas L. MacGuire series and Cynthia Rylant’s Lighthouse Family series. He lives in Aurora, Nebraska, with his wife and two daughters.
Product Details
- Publisher: Aladdin (June 23, 2008)
- Length: 176 pages
- ISBN13: 9781439107713
- Ages: 8 - 12
Awards and Honors
- California Young Reader Medal Nominee
- Maud Hart Lovelace Award Nominee (MN)
- William Allen White Children's Book Award Reading List (KS)
- NYPL 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
- Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee (AZ)
- Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Master List
- Nevada Young Readers' Award Nominee
- Virginia Readers' Choice Award List
- Land of Enchantment RoadRunner Award Nominee (NM)
- Sunshine State Young Readers' Award List (FL)
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award Master List (VT)
- Georgia Children's Book Award Finalist
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