Phineas L. Macguire...Erupts!: The First Experiment (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781416901952)

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.

Author: Frances O'Roark Dowell
ISBN-10: 1416901957
ISBN-13: 9781416901952
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2006
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.46h x 6.04w x 0.77d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 106819 / Phineas L. Macguire...Erupts! the First Experiment

Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Keystone to Reading Book Award - Nominee
Award: Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Land of Enchantment Book Award - Nominee
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Rhode Island Children's Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award - Nominee
Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee
Award: California Young Reader Medal - Nominee
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Grand Canyon Reader Award - Nominee
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee
Award: William Allen White Childens Book Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 05/01/2006 pg. 456
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2006 pg. 313
School Library Journal 06/01/2006 pg. 110
Booklist 06/01/2006 pg. 70
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2006 pg. 494 - Recommended
Publishers Weekly 08/21/2006 pg. 68
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2006 pg. 327 - Superior,Well Above Average
School Library Journal 09/01/2006 pg. 171