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1) Ugh
Author
Pub. Date
[1990]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Oy, the local scientist shows the world his latest invention: The Wheel. Though the world is not impressed, Ugh's mind spins. Cleverly, he builds on what he's seen and in the end rides off to a new and happy life.
Author
Series
My weirdest school volume 8
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
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!"--
3) Tightrope
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"An unconventional woman and a man shrouded in mystery walk a tightrope of desire as they race against a killer to find a machine that could change the world"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When Rosie is unable to invent a contraption to help one of Aunt Rose's Raucous Riveters friends, she calls on classmates Iggy Peck and Ada Twist to help.
Rosie is working with Aunt Rose and her friends, the Raucous Riveters, on designing a new invention, but when her designs keep failing, Rosie starts to lose hope until her friends Iggy and Ada offer some help
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Language
English
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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...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"She knows a liar when she sees one. He knows a fraud when he meets one. In a steam-powered world, Miss Constance Haltwhistle is the last in a line of blue-blooded rogues. Selling firearms under her alias, the 'Brass Queen,' she has kept her baronial estate's coffers full. But when US spy J. F. Trusdale saves her from assassins, she's pulled into a search for a scientist with an invisibility serum. As royal foes create an invisible army to start a...
Author
Series
Rotten School volume 11
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
With the Board of Inspectors threatening to shut down Rotten School, Bernie Bridges only has time for one last money-making scheme, but his friends are too obsessed with a role-playing video game to help him.
9) Snoodles!
Author
Series
Fizzopolis volume 3
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When the evil Snoods steal all the Fuzzwonker Fizz to create the world's crummiest candy, Harold Fuzzwonker and his best buddy, Floyd, orchestrate a daring plan to save Fizzopolis once again.
Author
Series
Young Inventors Guild volume 2
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...
11) 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.
Author
Series
Gadgets and gears volume 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"The daring and loyal dachshund Noodles, the boy inventor Wally Kennewickett, and his scientific genius family and staff of automatons join forces with Nikola Tesla to defeat sky pirates, cross Europe in a giant mechanical spider, and defy the evil Mesmers"--
14) The thief
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Intrepid chief investigator Isaac Bell thwarts German spies seeking to abduct two scientists aboard the ocean liner Mauretania--but he's sure the thugs will try again. With war on the horizon, Bell knows his ability to keep these scientists safe may affect the fate of the world.
Author
Series
Cragbridge Hall volume 1
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
When twins Abby and Derick start junior high at the prestigious academy their grandfather founded, Cragbridge Hall, they discover firsthand the dangers of time travel and must find a way to save their parents, who have been sent to the Titanic the night it sank.
Author
Pub. Date
[1984]
Language
English
Description
When eighteen-year-old Eddie, aided by a friend, concocts an elaborate computer dating service to finance his father's carburetor invention, the big three auto manufacturers threaten to sue for patent infringement and the teenagers are accused of running a sex-for-profit ring.
Author
Series
Data Set volume 6
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Little Simon paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
"The town of Newtonburg has been invaded by all sorts of creepy-crawlies from mosquitoes to bees to ants and more! What's worse is that they are all mysteriously swarming toward Dr. Bunsen's house when the kids get shrunk down to the size of insects"--
Author
Series
Invention Hunters volume 4
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When the Invention Hunters visit a music store, a child helps them understand common concepts related to sound, including vibration, echoes, and sonic booms, and how objects such as drums and microphones work.
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