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Author
Series
My weird school volume 18
Language
English
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Description
As the new computer lab teacher tries to bring Ella Mentry School into the twenty-first century with her peculiar inventions, second-grader A.J. struggles to survive without sugary snacks when Principal Klutz bans junk food.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A little girl has a wonderful idea. With the help of her canine assistant, she is going to make the most magnificent thing! She knows just how it will look. She knows just how it will work. But making the most magnificent thing turns out to be harder than she thinks.
Author
Series
Publisher
[Distributed by] Spotlight
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Professor Von Skalpel invents monster glue so he can make a new assistant who isn't all sewn together like Frankie, but the product causes him problems with all the inhabitants of Monster Manor, living and undead.
Author
Series
Data Set volume 1
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Three second-graders who love science get thrown in a wild spiral of adventures after meeting their reclusive neighbor, Dr. Gustav Bunsen. When Dr. Bunsen's growth ray hits a crate of animal figurines, the toys not only start growing, but also come to life"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Determined to get far away from his evil little brother, Alex works to design a spaceship that will take him so far away from Earth that not even the NASA experts can find him, yet when his brother catches on to his plan, Alex fears that his nearly finished project may be ruined before he gets his chance to take-off.
Author
Series
Publisher
Alphabet Soup
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Philbert Metalblade comes from a family of powerful, and warlike knights, but his small size and pleasant disposition set him apart, and when his father sends him to a knight academy, he must use his inventiveness to excel at the tasks he is given.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Now that Alex Archer has created his latest cardboard invention, the Gravity Buster, he and his co-pilot Zoe Breen plan on visiting Jupiter, but Alex's pesky brother Jonathan may just create a setback for the two adventurers.
Author
Series
Young inventors guild volume 2
Publisher
Bancroft Pr
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
It has been mere days since the brilliant children of the Young Inventors Guild escaped from the clutches of the horrible Komar Romak. They've escaped with their lovely and caring schoolteacher, Miss Brett; with their long-absent parents; and with their bizarre captors, protectors, or both--the mysterious men in black. And now they travel by train, destined for parts unknown. But a note torn from the hand of a dead man in a New York tunnel guarantees...
13) Junkyard wonders
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a teacher who believes each of them is a genius, a class of special-needs students invents something that could convince the whole school they are justifiably proud to be "Junkyard Wonders."
Author
Series
Fizzopolis volume 1
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Harold, the adopted son of a food inventor, discovers that his father's latest invention, soda pop that produces the world's longest burps, also generates furry creatures known as Fizzies.
16) Gun metal heart
Author
Series
Daria Gibron novels volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"In Gun Metal Heart by Dana Haynes, Daria Gibron, a freelance operative with a long and deadly history, has been slowly recovering from the injuries sustained from her last case. Hiding out in a town in rural Italy, she has been staying as far off the map as she can--until she's tracked down by an old colleague. Diego had been a bodyguard in Florence, protecting an engineer and her invention, when they were attacked by a highly trained paramilitary...
17) Time twister: #3
Author
Series
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
When his co-pilot finds a glitch in his Star Jumper, Alex Archer invents a time machine to rectify the problem, and he and his brother embark on a series of time travel adventures that threaten the very existence of the universe.
Author
Publisher
Tor Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Pandemic drought, skyrocketing oil prices, dwindling energy supplies and wars of water scarcity threaten the planet. Only four people can prevent global chaos. Gary Morgan--a brilliant, renegade scientist is pilloried by the scientific community for his belief in a space elevator: a pillar to the sky, which he believes will make space flight fast, simple and affordable. Eva Morgan--a brilliant and beautiful scientist of Ukrainian descent, she has...
20) Mechanica
Author
Series
Mechanica volume 1
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"A retelling of Cinderella about an indomitable inventor-mechanic who finds her prince but realizes she doesn't want a fairy tale happy ending after all"--
Nicolette's stepsisters call her 'Mechanica' to demean her, but the nickname fits: she learned to be an inventor at her mother's knee. Pushed into a life of dreary servitude, she discovers a secret workshop in the cellar on her sixteenth birthday-- and befriends Jules, a tiny magical metal horse....
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