Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid by Jim Benton

Stein reading comprehension questions discount bundle! ★ Stein FREE when you purchase the Franny K. ★ Get my Book Series Bookmark for Franny K. They're particularly helpful for students reading independently who struggle to succeed on things like AR or SRC quizzes, but they could also be used in small reading groups or as a quick review when reading as a class. Questions are in short answer format and come with an answer key. One of the things she learned was this: Mad scientists need assistants to whom they can show their tiny cows, weird devices, and crazy gizmos, assistants who were always excited and who always listened.Included are 15 simple chapter-by-chapter review questions for Attack of the 50 Ft. She might not have chosen to have a mad scientist for a daughter, but that's what Franny was.Īnd since that's what Franny was, her mom had spent a lot of time trying to learn about mad scientists. 'I like corn chips,' he said, and Franny hung up the phone.įranny's mom had been watching and she felt bad for Franny.

'Ketchup on corn chips? Did you hear a single word I said, Percy? The Manifester actually makes real things from pictures and pictures from real things. 'Did you ever put ketchup on corn chips?' Percy asked witlessly.įranny blinked. 'You put a picture of something in front of it, flip the switch, and - ZAP! - it creates a real three-dimensional reproduction of it.' Or when Franny called Percy, one of her new friends from school, to announce her new Manifester. It only makes things bigger, but that's not a bad idea.' Before she could finish, he leapt on his skateboard and, with one swift push, rocketed out of sight. 'Can you use it in reverse and make your mouth smaller?' Freddy asked.įranny answered, 'It doesn't have a reverse setting. 'One blast from this device can make things hundreds of times bigger,' Franny declared proudly. Or when Franny tried to show off her just-debugged Biggerizer to her little brother, Freddy. 'That's nice, Franny,' he said without even looking up from his newspaper. I genetically engineered a real cow for the portability that today's baby-on-the-go demands.

Like when Franny presented her recently perfected Personal Cow to her father.

This was Franny's bedroom, and she loved it more than anyplace else in the whole world, because this was where she came up with some of the most exciting new ideas in mad science.īut, as is often case for mad scientists, it was impossible to get her friends and family to take her work seriously. Everything, that is, except the bedroom behind the tiny, round upstairs window. Everything about the house was bright and cheery. The Stein family lived in a pretty pink house with lovely purple shutters down at the end of Daffodil Street.

Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid by Jim Benton