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Cover of Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder

Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder

Jo Nesbø (2009)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age8
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

Not yet tagged

Positive tags

FriendshipHumorAdventureHeartwarming

Protagonist archetypes

Duo / PartnersComing-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Eccentric InventorMentor FigureFish out of WaterQuestUnderdog Story

Themes

FriendshipInnovationStanding up to BulliesChildhood AdventureScience and Discovery

Synopsis

New friends Nilly and Lisa help eccentric professor Doctor Proctor to develop his latest invention, a powder that makes one fart, making them very popular at school, but someone is planning to steal the industrial-strength formula for evil purposes.

Is Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 8 and up.

Light-hearted middle grade adventure featuring bodily humor (farting) and kids outsmarting villains. Mild cartoon-style peril from the theft plot, but no graphic violence or scary content.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language.

Who'll love this

Kids will love the silly fart powder invention and the friendship between Nilly and Lisa as they help the quirky professor.

Tags

ComedyHumorous FantasyInventor StorySchool Story