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Author
Series
My weird school volume 18
Language
English
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
Language
English
Description
A twelve-year-old boy, worried that his parents may divorce, discovers that an island in the middle of the lake where he's spending the summer is the testing ground of the mysterious Dr. Libris, who may have invented a way to make the characters in books come alive.
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 2
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young aspiring engineer comes to realize that failure is necessary for success.
Author
Series
Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Rosie Revere is no stranger to flops and fails, kerfuffles and catastrophes. After all, engineering is all about perseverance! But this time, Rosie has a really important project to tackle-one that feels much bigger than herself. Rosie's beloved Aunt Rose and her friends, the Raucous Riveters-a group of fun-loving gals who built airplanes during World War II-need help inventing something new. And Rosie is just the engineer for the job! After one...
Author
Series
My weirdest school volume 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A.J. and the gang from Ella Mentery School start a company to sell their brand new invention-a heated, scented, talking toilet seat!"--
7) Skybreaker
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Matt Cruse, a student at the Airship Academy, and Kate de Vries, a young heiress, team up with a gypsy and a daring captain, to find a long-lost airship, rumored to carry a treasure beyond imagination.
8) Jackpot
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Griffin Bing and his friends are trying to locate Mr. Fielder's missing thirty million dollar lottery ticket, and thwart the local bully, Darren Vader, who wants to find it for himself--and Mr. Bing's latest invention may help.
Author
Series
Zapato Power volume 9
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Freddie Ramos has shoes that give him super speed, super bounce, and super hearing. His friend Mr. Vaslov invented the shoes. Now Freddie is helping him work on a drone. Freddie's excited until he learns the drone's job is to assist Mr. Vaslov. Is Freddie being replaced by a flying robot? At home, Freddie's mom has a new boyfriend, David. Freddie doesn't know how to feel about David and worries his mom won't have time for him now. How can Zapato Power...
Author
Series
Zapato Power volume 10
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When an accident sidelines Freddie, he works on a new invention with Mr. Vaslov and tries to solve a mystery, aided by someone who is just the right size for his old super-powered shoes.
11) Junkyard wonders
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2010.
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."
12) Marveltown
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Marveltown's adults are outstanding inventors, but when their best engineers create giant but stupid robots that threaten the town, it is the children's outrageous creations that save the day.
Author
Series
Captain Underpants volume 12
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
George and Harold and their doubles, Yesterday George and Yesterday Harold, have been taking turns going to school, but when the doubles fall prey to their gym teacher, Mr. Meaner, and his method of mind control that turns students into attentive, obedient, perfect children, it is up to original George and Harold to strike back.
14) Tesla's attic
Author
Series
Accelerati trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
"With a plot combining science and the supernatural, four kids are caught up in a dangerous plan concocted by the eccentric inventor, Nikola Tesla"--
Author
Series
Mr. and Mrs. Green volume 4
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Mr. and Mrs. Green, a loving alligator couple, practice magic tricks, bake cookies, and dream up new inventions.
16) Stealing air
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Three sixth-grade boys band together to build an experimental aircraft, enduring social and practical difficulties in the process.
Author
Series
Zapato Power volume 8
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Freddie Ramos tries to use his superpowers to help improve his math grade, and to find the new first-grader, Amy, who has disappeared after being bullied.
Author
Series
Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 10
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[1967]
Language
English
Description
When their detective father asks them to play burglar in order to protect a client's valuable invention from thieves, the Hardy boys find themselves involved in a large and dangerous conspiracy.
20) Melia and Jo
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Melia is scientific and loves to create things in her backyard laboratory, but something is missing. Her inventions just aren't quite right. Enter Jo, her new friend with an artistic spirit. When you add the arts to sciences, something magical happens!
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