Other books by Frances O’Roark Dowell
Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Erupts!
Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Blasts Off!
Falling In
Shooting the Moon
The Kind of Friends We Used to Be
Chicken Boy
The Secret Language of Girls
Where I’d Like to Be
Dovey Coe
If you purchased this book without a cover you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as “unsold and destroyed” to the publisher and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this “stripped book.” • ATHENEUM BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS • An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division • 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 • www.SimonandSchuster.com • This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. • Text copyright © 2007 by Frances O’Roark Dowell • Illustrations copyright © 2007 by Preston McDaniels • All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. • Atheneum Books for Young Readers is a registered trademark of Simon & Schuster, Inc. • For information about special discounts for bulk purchases, please contact Simon & Schuster Special Sales at 1-866-506-1949 or business@simonandschuster.com. • The Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau can bring authors to your live event. For more information or to book an event, contact the Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau at 1-866-248-3049 or visit our website at www.simonspeakers.com. • Also available in an Atheneum Books for Young Readers hardcover edition. • Book design by Sonia Chaghatzbanian and Michael McCartney • The text of this book is set in GarthGraphic. • The illustrations for this book are rendered in pencil. • Manufactured in the United States of America • 0510 OFF • First Atheneum Books for Young Readers paperback edition June 2010 • 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 • The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows: Dowell, Frances O’Roark. • Phineas L. MacGuire… gets slimed! / Frances O’Roark Dowell; Illustrated by Preston L. McDaniels—1st ed. • p. cm. • Summary: When his new best friend, Ben, decides to run for class president, fourth-grade science whiz Phineas MacGuire reluctantly agrees to be his campaign manager in exchange for help with his latest experiment—cultivating exhibits for a mold museum. • ISBN 978-1-4169-0196-9 (hc) • [1. Molds (Fungi)—Fiction. 2. Science—Experiments—Fiction. 3. Elections—Fiction. 4. Schools—Fiction. 5. Friendship—Fiction.] I. McDaniels, Preston L., ill. II. Title. • PZ7.D75455Phi 2007 • [Fic]—dc22 • 2006014193 • ISBN 978-1-4169-9775-7 (pbk) • ISBN 978-1-4424-0665-0 (eBook)
—F. O. D.
The author would like to thank Tom and Kathryn Harris, next-door neighbors extraordinaire, for sharing their tale of the frog in the toilet. She would also like to thank Caitlyn Dlouhy, and Clifton and Jack Dowell, for their support and patience.
