Synopses & Reviews
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!
Review
"It's no surprise this book made me laugh out loud--after all, it's
written by Kate McKinnon! But I was also delighted to meet this
fantastic cast of clever characters and to be drawn into a mad,
mysterious world that reminded me, in all the best ways, of the stories I
most loved growing up. (And love even more now.) Kids will eat this up!
Unless a ravenous worm eats them first! Give them this book and a
decent head start!" Trenton Lee Stewart, New York Times bestselling author of the Mysterious Benedict Society series and The Secret Keepers
Review
"It comes as no surprise that Kate McKinnon writes with the same unique
sense of humor and heart that has made audiences fall in love with her
time and again. Her quirky and unforgettable characters in
The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science will have readers laughing out loud and plotting experiments for many generations to come." Chris Colfer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Land of Stories series
Review
"McKinnon celebrates weirdness in this ludicrous and unpredictable
female-centered romp... Ink drawings by Cáceres give vivid life to the
amusing absurdity of this over-the-top, 1911-set tale where
Pastramibirds fly and monstrous sharp-toothed worms have hankerings for
bichon frise." Publishers Weekly
Review
"An endlessly inventive smorgasbord of fun, Millicent Quibb reads like a
collab between Edward Gorey and Kurt Vonnegut: hilarious, proudly
strange, and slightly twisted, with real humanity and a ton of sweetness
at its heart." Ransom Riggs, #1 NYT bestselling author of the Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children series
About the Author
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.