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“Do yourself a favor and listen to this one on your next family road trip. Kate McKinnon knocks it out of the park!!”
— Katie • Lake Forest Book Store
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“Kate McKinnon (Weird Barbie, SNL) brings her delightfully offbeat sense of humor to her first children's novel! I could almost hear her voice when I was reading it. Part Mysterious Benedict Society, part Wednesday Addams, but with kid mad scientists who have to solve a mystery to save their town. It's a gross, strange, action packed good time! ”
— Josh • Underground Books
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“Failed your velvet sofa fainting class? 🛋️Never got your silver spoon? 🥄Your parents did not have the fortitude to name you some kind of Lavenia? 🌸 You may be a good candidate for *The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science.* From the brilliant mind of beloved SNL alum Kate McKinnon (yes, *Weird Barbie* herself!) comes a zany, laugh-out-loud adventure! 🤩 Join three sisters, a hungry worm 🐛, and a quirky mad scientist 🧪👩🔬 in a story packed with surprises. No ghostwriters here—Kate wrote every word ✍️, and it's just as wacky (if not wackier) than you'd imagine! 📚 Perfect for fans of *Lemony Snicket* or *Mysterious Benedict Society* ”
— Perin • Brain Lair Books
From beloved Saturday Night Live alum Kate McKinnon comes a madcap new 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 frise. 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!
KATE MCKINNON is an 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.
KATE MCKINNON is an 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.