Bad Hair Day (8) (Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist)

My granddaughter is 8 and struggling with reading. This book really helped her so much to read. It's fun and although some of the words are hard for her I can helped help her as she reads & it keeps her engrossed in the book.

Franny k stein is such a good series. We are searching for more like it. My girls and boys that love kooky creepy stuff loved this series. Weird and funny.

My daughter loves the awesome female master mind- Franny. She can't wait for new books to come out!

Is a gift, kids like them

My 7 year old son loves these books.

The perfect fast-paced funny choice for kids in grades 1-3. Plus, Benton sneaks in some life lessons with the madcap adventure of it all.

This is the eighth book in the "Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist" series. If you haven't read any of the books, and you have a young reader who likes books like "Captain Underpants" or "Dog Man", I'd say you should definitely try one. But at least for me these books are a real mixed bag.On the one hand you have a smart, sciencey, resourceful, and independent heroine with a can do attitude and unbridled enthusiasm for problem solving. On the other hand, she's also careless, headstrong, and oblivious to consequences. You can be charmed and then exasperated from page to page, or even within the same page. She is, after all, a "Mad" scientist.The plots are wildly over the top. This time around, for example, Franny invents some beauty products that eventually lead her to create a rampaging big hair monster. She then has to chase and subdue the monster, although I'm still not clear on exactly how that all worked out. There's supposed to be a message about being who you really are, but that's rather muddled and gets a bit lost amid the action. Anyway, that's the sort of antic and manic plotting and action you get in these books, and if your reader likes that then he or she will be in heaven with these books. There's absolutely no effort to make anything that happens seem plausible, but at this stage who needs plausibility.And here's the kicker that keeps me conflicted on these books. At least once or twice in every book there's a line or a bit that's really very clever and funny. It may be a dry throwaway line from Franny's Mom, or an exasperated comment by her teacher. Or an observation from a classmate. In one Franny the scientist introduces her dog, Igor, as her lab assistant. Well, he's not actually a "Lab", he's more of a poodle mix. That just tickled me.So, these are high energy, high interest books that might or might not appeal. But there's a lot going on and a lot for a kid to like if so inclined. As I say, I'd certainly give one, (any one), a try.(Please note that I received a free advance ecopy of this book without a review requirement, or any influence regarding review content should I choose to post a review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)

Amusing story for young kids.