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Painful Poison

by Nick Arnold · 2004

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Get ready for a deadly dose of excitement with the petrifying Painful Poison. It's bubbling with killer substances that are strictly not for the nervous - and will have all kinds of evil effects on you. Discover how you can turn your brother into a zombie slave and why you are breathing poison right now! Redesigned in a bold, funky new look and illustrated throughout for the next generation of Horrible Science fans.

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childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 144 pages

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