The Island of Mad Scientists: Being an Excusion to the Wilds of Scotland Including Many Marvelous Experiments, Inventions, Pirates, a Mechanical Man

By Howard Whitehouse

Book Overview

Humor; mystery; Howard Whitehouse; Bill Slavin; adventure, 5 to 10 year olds

A great peril threatens Emmaline and Rubberbones: a sinister old man known as the Collector aims to capture the duo, with the help of two misfit thugs and a sneaky master of disguise, and add them to his alphabetically organized collection of brilliant scientists ...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 195042328X
• ISBN13: 9781950423286
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Xander Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 5 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 5

Customer Reviews

I love these books!

You can tell by the title of these books that they are going to be silly. But they also are very adventurous and quite unique. Not predictable at all. I love the robot in this one! I hope there will be more.

A very imaginative book

This third installment of the series brings the reader to the home of Emmaline Cayley and her family, and the beginning of their newest adventure. Emmaline and her newly adopted family member, the ferocious Princess Purnah of Chiligrit, successfully escaped from the terrible school for girls they both attended. Now they must take a "holiday" in order to escape from the authorities intent on returning the Princess to the school. Thus begins the new adventure for this odd assortment of family and friends. This is a very imaginative book, and it reminds me of the style of young adult books I read when I was a kid. It's a fun read - it would be a good choice for parents and kids to read together at bedtime. Reviewed by Kim Shults