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Bloomsbury USA Childrens
On sale:
September 2009
Price:
$18.99
Format:
Hardcover
Size:
6 x 8.5 in
Pages:
160 pp
Ages:
8-12
Grades:
3-6
ISBN-13: 9781599901428
ISBN-10: 1599901420
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The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook
By Eleanor Davis
Book Description
In a graphic novel full of glorious gadgetry, three young inventors use their fantastic contraptions to combat an evil scientist.
Super-smart Julian Calendar thinks starting junior high at a new school will mean he can shed his nerdy image-but then he meets Ben and Greta, two secret scientists like himself! The three form a secret club, complete with a high-tech lair. There, they can work to their hearts content on projects like the Stink-O-Meter, the Kablovsky Copter, and the Nightsneak Goggles.
All that tinkering comes in handy when the trio discovers an evil scientist's dastardly plan to rob a museum. Can three inventors, armed with their wacky creations, hope to defeat this criminal mastermind?
★“This heaping helping of fun recalls the gee-whiz wonderment of Johnny Quest cartoons and, hopefully, paves the way for a whole new generation of bright, can-do kids in smart, edifying adventures.” –Booklist, starred review
★“Davis’s first (of many, one hopes) graphic adventure of the SSA pumps new life into the kids’-secret-society formula. With its bounty of factlets slipped in for learning on the sly, it’s a sure kid and teacher pleaser—a perfect package for tweens.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
★“Everything about this very original story works. The ebullient characters are well-defined and well-designed; dramatic tension rises and falls at just the right pace; dialogue is snappy, funny and real; and the art is stunning.” –Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Davis’s creativity is evident from the myriad gadgets and schemes of the story. Children will see, through these inventions and the triumph of the protagonists, that science can be cool.”–School Library Journal
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