Nick and Tesla's super-cyborg gadget glove: a mystery with a blinking, beeping, voice-recording gadget glove you can build yourself

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Einstein is running amok! Darwin is losing his head! The science museum in Half Moon Bay is in big trouble because its robotic replicas of history’s greatest scientists keep going kablooey! As 11-year-old amateur inventors Nick and Tesla Holt try to uncover the cause, they’ll need to keep adding all-new gadgets to their latest creation, a customized super-cyborg glove. Follow the action, and then follow the illustrated instructions to build your own gadget glove with four incredible functions: LED signal light, emergency alarm, sound recorder, and UV secret-message revealer!

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Garrett, Scott illustrator., ill
Hockensmith, Steve Author, author., aut
Pflugfelder, Bob Author
ISBN
9781594747298
9781594747304

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School Library Journal Review

Gr 3-6-Science-loving and mystery-solving twins, Tesla and Nick Holt, are back for their fourth adventure and getting closer to uncovering the truth behind their parents' secret project. In previous adventures, the twins have thwarted kidnappers, thieves, and spies, all while realizing that their parents are not working on soybean irrigation in Uzbekistan. In this installment, their Uncle Newt and his "kinda-sorta girlfriend" and robotics expert, Hiroko Sakuri, have been asked to help rebuild an animatronic exhibit for the refurbishing of a science museum in Northern California. But, as Tesla soon posits, someone is trying to sabotage the grand reopening. The hallmarks of the series-instructions for gadgets kids can build, an eccentric uncle, bumbling adults, and a few red herrings-are all here, but this latest chapter introduces new depths. For instance, Tesla, always quick to seek out dangerous projects to keep her mind off her missing parents, starts to wonder if her hastiness is putting her brother and friends into jeopardy far too often. And Uncle Newt comes to understand he must be more than just a babysitter; he genuinely worries about how he's supposed to care for the kids. Authors Pflugfelder and Hockensmith are improving the series with each outing.- Marie Drucker, Malverne Public Library, NY (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Inventor twins Nick and Tesla Holt take a break from searching for their missing parents to visit the set of a superhero movie; when a saboteur's pranks threaten to shut down production, the duo teams up with their movie-crazy friends to investigate. Series fans will welcome the returning mix of related do-it-yourself science projects and lighthearted mystery. Garrett's illustrations add energy. (c) Copyright 2015. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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School Library Journal Reviews

Gr 3–6—Science-loving and mystery-solving twins, Tesla and Nick Holt, are back for their fourth adventure and getting closer to uncovering the truth behind their parents' secret project. In previous adventures, the twins have thwarted kidnappers, thieves, and spies, all while realizing that their parents are not working on soybean irrigation in Uzbekistan. In this installment, their Uncle Newt and his "kinda-sorta girlfriend" and robotics expert, Hiroko Sakuri, have been asked to help rebuild an animatronic exhibit for the refurbishing of a science museum in Northern California. But, as Tesla soon posits, someone is trying to sabotage the grand reopening. The hallmarks of the series—instructions for gadgets kids can build, an eccentric uncle, bumbling adults, and a few red herrings—are all here, but this latest chapter introduces new depths. For instance, Tesla, always quick to seek out dangerous projects to keep her mind off her missing parents, starts to wonder if her hastiness is putting her brother and friends into jeopardy far too often. And Uncle Newt comes to understand he must be more than just a babysitter; he genuinely worries about how he's supposed to care for the kids. Authors Pflugfelder and Hockensmith are improving the series with each outing.—Marie Drucker, Malverne Public Library, NY

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