"Against the wishes of his mortician mother, Hadorah, twelve-year-old Walter and classmate Cordelia take a hearse on a road trip to meet legendary inventor Flasterborn, who once mentored Walter's long-dead father"--OCLC.
Walter Mortinson s unusual inventions cause nothing but trouble. After one of his contraptions throws the town into chaos, Walter s mother demands he join the family mortuary business. When a letter arrives by unusual means offering Walter an apprenticeship, it isn t long before Walter decides to flee Moormouth to meet his destiny.
