In this zany episode of Jim Benton's New York Times best-selling series, pint-sized mad scientist Franny K. Stein dreams up a time-reversing cake plate that lets her "have her cake and eat it too." As the principal honors her, however, people laugh at her middle name, Kissypie. But when Franny timetravels to change it to Kaboom, she accidentally turns Teenage Fran into an evil villain. Now Franny Kissypie must stop Franny Kaboom before it's too late.
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"This is a great book for struggling readers and young kids. It is basically a picture book that looks like a novel! A great way for reluctant readers to feel like they are reading a chapter book (well, it technically is a chapter book) along with their classmates :)"
— Bret (4 out of 5 stars)
" LOVED JUST LOVED IT LOL LOVE THE AUTHOR FAV ONE OF THEM ALL "
— Elora, 2/15/2014" Read to my daughter. She enjoys the Franny K. Stein stories, and I thought this was a cute one. "
— Kathryn, 1/20/2014" I liked this time travel story better than the last one. Franny's a nutjob, but she's fun. "
— John, 1/19/2014" Fun story with a good moral. I liked the story. However, one thing that bothered me is that this book has Franny always living in this house and going to this school for years. However, in an earlier book, she just moves to the school. This doesn't bother my daughter though. "
— Susan, 12/25/2013" And I thought two long middle names were bad. "
— Chinook, 12/10/2013" Baby Franny is the nicest and biggest Franny is the meanest. "
— Natalie, 10/18/2013" This was my favorite in the series so far. Fran learns that it can be okay to be laughed at. "
— Kirei, 10/14/2013" i like these books got 100on the vocab and regualer quiz. "
— Mariyah, 10/14/2013" Jim Benton is an amazing author. I love these books. It was a quick easy read but, i want to be a scienctist when i grow up. "
— Trinity, 10/11/2013" I think this book was really good because franny was going to her past and presint and she saw one little change can change your fueture so I learned that it does not matter so just forget about it. "
— Ekram, 10/10/2013" Vrh "
— Shirley, 5/30/2013" i think that it wsas a really cute book loved it! "
— Charank20, 2/7/2013" I didn't read this, but Frances did in one sitting. She gave it a 3. "
— Maggie, 8/19/2012" this was a fun book. i wasn't sure about it before i read it, but i think it passed all of my tests. =) "
— Tal, 6/6/2012" It is funny because Franny wants to change her middle name9 (kissy pie) to kaboom. "
— Elliot, 1/7/2012" Don't go back in time. "
— Aiyana, 12/29/2011" Nice story, kinda funny "
— Sydney, 11/26/2011" My kids LOVE Franny K. Stein and I have to admit that I do too. These books are adorable and funny and somewhere in there is a moral or two! "
— Cori, 5/22/2011" I didn't enjoy this one as much as the couple of other books in the Franny K Stein series, but it was good. Hard to read to a large group out-loud, bc the pictures (which add so much to the story) are hard to show everyone. Great for a small group or one on one. "
— Vee41dmb, 2/11/2011" Amber loved it, which is what is important in this kind of kids book. "
— Carol, 8/9/2010" I thought it was pretty thrilling, has a little touch of sadness, happiness, a curse of destruction, but I really liked it! "
— Abe, 4/23/2010" This is my favorite in the Franny K. Stein series. It has a good message and contains all the Franny silliness. "
— Kristina, 4/23/2010Jim Benton is the creator of many licensed properties, some for big kids, some for little kids, and some for grown-ups who, frankly, are probably behaving like little kids. He is the creator of the picture book The End (Almost) and bestselling series Dear Dumb Diary. Jim lives in Michigan with his spectacular wife and kids.
Michele O. Medlin is an actress and voice-over artist who has lent her talents to many audiobooks, including Check, Please!, Funny Business, Lulu and the Brontosaurus, and The Chicken Squad.