Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder

Bestselling Norwegian mystery author Jo Nesb enters the world of children's books with Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder, the first book in this very funny middle-grade series. Filled with magic, wit, and bathroom humor, Doctor Proctor will keep boys and girls laughing until the end.

Eleven-year-old Nilly is new to the neighborhood, but he is quick to make friends: Doctor Proctor, an eccentric professor who invents wacky potions and powders; and brainy Lisa, who is always teased by the twin terrors Truls and Trym. All is good farty fun when Nilly and Lisa help Doctor Proctor develop his latest invention, a powder that makes you fart. The powder makes Nilly and Lisa VERY popular at school when they sell it for 50 cents a bag. (And they get revenge on Truls and Trym by giving them an extra-strength dose of fart powder that shoots them up into a tree!)

But when Doctor Proctor creates an industrial-strength version that can send people to outer space, the kids must go to great lengths to protect the invention and keep it out of the hands of their neighbors, who want to use the powder for evil purposes.

In the spirit of Roald Dahl and Lemony Snicket, Doctor Proctor offers a winning combination of humor, adventure, and absurdity that kids (of all ages) will love--proving that Jo Nesb can keep you on the edge of the seat and make your sides split in equal measure.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Published: 12/29/2009
ISBN: 9781416979722
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.10h x 6.02w x 1.06d

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 11/15/2009
Publishers Weekly 12/07/2009 pg. 49
Booklist 01/01/2010 pg. 79
School Library Journal 03/01/2010 pg. 120
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2010
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2010 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 135624 / Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder
Reading Level: 5.2 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 5