Being a mad scientist in the modern world is very hard work and Franny needs some additional help. But Franny only trusts herself with her experiments, so she builds a few real, live, steel-plated Franbots. Illustrations. When Franny finds herself overwhelmed with school and family commitments, she creates several Franbots to lighten her load.

"Franny K. Stein has had quite enough of her feelings getting in the way. So she physically removes them with the help of one of her machines. But it turns out that not having feelings can make things even worse, especially when you've accidentally released a virus that's turning everybody into toads. Good thing she has the help of her grandma, Granny Fran, and her Sense of Duty to help her shake the apathy"--