num_pages: 336
description: A prodigal inventor flees his home to find his destiny.In the humdrum town of Moormouth Walter Mortinsons unusual inventions cause nothing but trouble. After one of his contraptions throws the town into chaos Walters mother demands he cut the nonsense and join the family mortuary business.Far off on Flaster Isle famed inventor Horace Flasterborn plans to take Walter under his wing just as he did Walters genius father decades ago. When a letter arrives by unusual means offering Walter an apprenticeship it isnt long before Walter decides to flee Moormouth to achieve his destiny.Walter runs away in the family hearse along with Cordelia the moody girl next door with one eye and plenty of secrets. Together they journey through a strange landscape of fish-people giantess miners and hypnotized honeybees in an adventure that will not only reveal the truth about Walters past but direct his future.
language: English
title: The Remarkable Inventions of Walter Mortinson
publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers