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Copyright © 2005 by Jim Benton
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Book design by Dan Potash and Lucy Ruth Cummins
The illustrations for this book are rendered in
pen, ink, and watercolor.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Benton, Jim. The Fran that time forgot /[written and] illustrated by Jim Benton.
— 1st ed. p. cm. — (Franny K. Stein, mad scientist ; #4)
Summary: When her embarrassing middle name is revealed at school, mad scientist Franny K. Stein experiments with time in order to return to the past and give herself a more dignified name.
ISBN 0-689-86294-6
ISBN 978-1-442-49519-7 (eBook)
[1. Science—Experiments—Fiction. 2. Time travel—Fiction.
3. Names, Personal—Fiction. 4. Humorous stories.] I. Title.
PZ7.B447547Fr 2005
[Fic]—dc22
2004011638