The #1 New York Times bestseller!
From beloved Saturday Night Live legend Kate McKinnon comes a madcap
adventure about three sisters, a ravenous worm, and a mysterious mad scientist!
So, you want to be a young mad scientist. Congratulations! Admitting it is the
first step. The second step is reading the (definitely true) tale of the Porch
sisters…
Gertrude, Eugenia, and Dee-Dee Porch do not belong. They don’t belong in the
snooty town of Antiquarium, where all girls have to go to etiquette school and
the only dog allowed is the bichon frisé. They don’t belong with their adoptive
family, where all their cousins are named Lavinia and their Aunt has more
brooches than books. And they certainly don’t belong at Mrs. Wintermacher’s
etiquette school—they’re far more interested in science. After getting kicked
out of the last etiquette school that would take them, the girls expect to be
sent away for good... until they receive a mysterious invitation to new school.
Suddenly the girls are under the tutelage of the infamous Millicent Quibb—a mad
scientist with worms in her hair and oysters in her bathtub. At 231 Mysterium
Way, the pizza is fatal, the bus is powered by Gerbils, and the Dean of
Students is a hermit crab. Dangerous? Yes! More fun than they’ve ever
had? Absolutely! But when the sisters are asked to save their town from an evil
cabal of nefarious mad scientists, they must learn to embrace what has always
made them stand out, and determine what side they’re on—before it’s too late!
About the Author
Kate McKinnon is a #1 New York Times bestselling
author, award-winning performer, and writer, who is celebrated
globally for her work in film and television. Young readers will recognize her
voice role as ‘Ms. Frizzle’ in THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS RIDES AGAIN for Netflix.
She recently played ‘Weird Barbie’ in Greta Gerwig’s worldwide blockbuster hit,
BARBIE. The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad
Science is her debut novel.