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The Mad Scientists' Club

by Bertrand R. Brinley · 1961

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A strange sea monster suddenly appears on Strawberry Lake, a fortune is unearthed from an old cannon and a valuable dinosaur egg is stolen. Who's responsible? Those seven junior geniuses — and their wild ideas. Watch out as the Mad Scientists' Club turns the town of Mammoth Falls upside down!

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
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sciencescienceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
medium · 217 pages
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short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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