The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: McKinnon, Kate, 1984– author.

Title: The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science / by G. Edwina Candlestank as told by Kate McKinnon.

Description: First edition. | New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024. | Audience: Ages 8-12. | Summary: “Three orphaned siblings become the pupils of the mysterious Professor Millicent Quibb and enter the world of mad science.” —Provided by publisher

Identifiers: LCCN 2024009059 | ISBN 9780316554732 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780316554930 (ebook)

Subjects: CYAC: Orphans—Fiction. | Sisters—Fiction. | Scientists—Fiction. | Schools—Fiction.

Classification: LCC PZ7.1.M435475 Mi 2024 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024009059

ISBNs: 978-0-316-55473-2 (hardcover), 978-0-316-55493-0 (ebook), 978-0-316-58441-8 (B&N Black Friday edition)

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