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Series
Tom Swift Inventors' Academy volume 6
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
149 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Tom Swift Inventors' Academy is hosting an Invention Olympics, but Tom suspects that the crew filming a new reality show about the academy may be planning something nefarious.
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Series
Tom Swift Inventors' Academy volume 7
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
153 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Tom and his friends track down a mysterious blogger who pushes pranks too far.
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Tom Swift Inventors' Academy volume 1
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Tom Swift and his friends at the Swift Academy work together to retrieve a drone that was taken by the custodian, Mr. Conway, who they believe is a notorious hacker.
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Frank Einstein volume 2
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"Frank Einstein (kid-genius scientist and inventor) and his best friend, Watson, along with intelligent robots Klink and Klank once again find themselves in competition with T. Edison, their classmate and archrival--this time in the quest to unlock the power behind the science of energy"--
7) Mechanica
Author
Series
Mechanica volume 1
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 22 cm
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"--
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xvii, 251 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
From the author who gave us "Cod," "Salt," and other informative bestsellers, the first biography of Clarence Birdseye, the eccentric genius inventor whose fast-freezing process revolutionized the food industry and American agriculture.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
79 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Thomas Edison famously said, "I have not failed 10,000 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work." In this book, you will read about 10 inventors and their inventions that stemmed from a mistake. Making mistakes doesn't mean you failed ... it means you made something totally new! Inventors included in this...
12) Stolen science: thirteen untold stories of scientists and inventors almost written out of history
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2021.
Physical Desc
122 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Over the centuries, women, people from underrepresented communities, and immigrants overcame prejudices and social obstacles to make remarkable discoveries in science-but they weren't the ones to receive credit in history books. People with more power, money, and prestige were remembered as the inventor of the telephone, the scientists who decoded the structure of DNA, and the doctor who discovered the cause of yellow fever. This book aims to set...
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Carmer and Grit volume 1
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Aspiring inventor and magician's apprentice, Felix Carmer III, is aided by Grit, a fiery, flightless faerie princess, in winning a magic competition, in exchange for him helping Grit investigate a string of faerie disappearances.
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Benjamin Franklin is perhaps the most remarkable figure in American history: the greatest statesman of his age, he played a pivotal role in the formation of the American republic. He was also a pioneering scientist, a best-selling author, the country's first postmaster general, a printer, a bon vivant, a diplomat, a ladies' man, and a moralist, and the most prominent celebrity of the 18th century. Franklin was, however, a man of vast contradictions,...
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Series
Publisher
Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
In 1883 New York, while trying to introduce her mother's flying machine to the men-only Inventors' Guild, twelve-year-old Molly uncovers a plot to destroy the World's Fair.
17) Control freaks
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What if Louis Sachar's Wayside School were a little less wacky - but just as funny - and centered on a young Black boy who IS going to be the great inventor of all time, and set in the top STEM middle school in the country, oh and it was written by someone who worked for years in independent schools, and it also tackles what it's like to live in a blended family and to stand up to a parent who's not being so great and to truly work together with your...
18) Field tripped
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The fifth graders of Liberty Falls Elementary have a reputation for trouble, but they still have a field trip to the mansion of Edward Minks (local inventor, founder of the town, and great-great-great grandfather of fifth-grader Eddie). While there, they search for secret inventions that are rumored to be hidden in the mansion--but they find that they are not the only ones searching, and somehow this class of trouble-makers must work together to thwart...
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Frank Einstein volume 6
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"Frank Einstein (kid-genius, scientist, and inventor) and his best friend, Watson, along with Klink (a self-assembled artificial-intelligence entity) and Klank (a mostly self-assembled and artificial almost intelligence entity), once again find themselves in competition with T. Edison, their classmate and archrival, this time studying the science and mysteries of the universe!"--
20) Wonka
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 22 cm
Description
This enthralling combination of magic and music, mayhem and emotion, introduces readers to a young Willy Wonka who is determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time and prove that the best things in life begin with a dream.
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