Frankie Sparks, the self-proclaimed "best inventor in the third grade," does research and creates a tool to try to persuade her classmates that a rat would make the best class pet.

Frankie Sparks uses her inventing skills to help her friend overcome stage fright in this second chapter book in the STEM inspired Frankie Sparks, Third-Grade Inventor series. It's time for the annual school talent show, and Frankie is excited to audition with her magic act! She wants to be just like her idol, Adelaide Herrmann, Queen of Magic. But on the day of the audition, Frankie's best friend and Magician's Assistant, Maya, gets a big, scary...

It's springtime in Ms. Cupid's class, and she reads the class a story about an unlucky leprechaun. Frankie Sparks thinks it's funny, but it 's a fairy tale . After all, everyone knows leprechauns aren't real. Unlike Frankie, her best friend, Maya, is convinced that leprechauns exist. In fact, she tells Frankie that there's a leprechaun living in her backyard! So Frankie decides to build her biggest invention yet: a leprechaun trap! And since her trap...