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 **//The Mad Scientist Club//**, Bertrand R. Brinley Review by Emma R.

The book // **The Mad Scientist Club**, by Bertrand R. Brinley is a book about a group of 7 teenage guys, The head scientist, and the guy who "wears the pants" in the club Henry Mulligan, the "president" of the club, Jeff Crocker, chubby ol' Freddy Muldoon and his skinny little friend, Dinky Poore, part time mad scientist clubbers Homer Snodgrass and his buddy Mortimer Dalrymple and last but not least the most trusted good ol' narrator Charlie (my personal favorite). Now these 7 young hooligans don’t just live in some rural city somewhere, they live in the infamous Mammoth Falls, known for its large waterfall that feeds strawberry lake. This book takes place in modern day, 21st century. Now what happens when you mix the extremely ambitious and smart Henry Mulligan, a "great" idea, and the rest of the Mad Scientist Club with junk from Zeek Bonifest's junkyard and some sweat, tears, and elbow grease? Well you get a crazy and often dangerous invention... Like maybe they make a flying saucer that is sent to scare the pants off everyone in town, or a crazy scheme to shoot silver iodide crystals into the air to make it rain, or how about dragging an old submarine used in Japan that they bought from the town hall for 3 dollars into a cavern under strawberry lake to refurbish? And let me tell you, these examples aren’t even the climax! It gets more exciting. Now don’t go thinking that everything goes as planned here, because it's not always smooth sailing for the Mad Scientist Club. Like what happens when all of a sudden when your secret underwater cavern caves in with 3 people from your group inside? Or someone is on your case about the flying saucer? Yes the Mad Scientist Club does have conflicts. So what does happen when your secret underwater cavern caves in with 3 people from your group inside? Or your saucer starts to spiral towards the ground? Well I aint tellin' so go read **The Mad Scientist Club**, by Bertrand R. Brinley

Would I recommend **The Mad Scientist Club?** YES, yes I would. I really loved this book and even though its is kind of nerdy it has a lot of personality and detail, you can really tell how the characters feel and Mr.Brinley does an amazing job at painting a picture in your head. You can really SEE what’s going on and feel for the characters. Whether its from epic failure or success.//