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1) Airman
Author
Language
English
Description
In the late nineteenth century, when Conor Broekhart discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king, he is branded a traitor, imprisoned, and forced to mine for diamonds under brutal conditions while he plans a daring escape from Little Saltee prison by way of a flying machine that he must design, build, and, hardest of all, trust to carry him to safety.
Author
Series
Crimson five volume 1
Language
English
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Description
In the year 2071, eleven year-old inventor Kia works to earn a spot at PIPS, the Piedmont Inventors Prep School, and travels with four students to Camp Piedmont to solve a task against forty-nine other state teams to secure her place.
Author
Series
Frank Einstein volume 4
Language
English
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Description
Boy genius Frank Einstein finds himself in competition with his classmate and archrival T. Edison and his sign-language-speaking sidekick, Mr. Chimp, over Frank's newest invention: the EvoBlaster Belt.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
In his Grandpa Al's garage workshop, child genius Frank Einstein tries to invent a robot that can learn on its own, and after an accident brings wisecracking Klink and overly expressive Klank to life, they set about helping Frank perfect his Antimatter Motor until his archnemesis, T. Edison, steals the robots for his doomsday plan.
Author
Series
Bizarre Baron inventions volume 1
Publisher
Amberjack Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
1891. Waldo Baron has just woken up to find his house floating a thousand feet above the ground. His inventor parents have transformed their house into a flying machine, which they've entered into a race around the country. Unfortunately for W.B. (who knows less about science than the average tapeworm), that means missing a show staring the hero of his favorite adventure novels, Sheriff Graham. The incomparably klutzy W.B. gets his own taste of the...
7) Venturess
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
An indomitable inventor and her loyal (and royal) friends cross the ocean to the lush world of Faerie, where they join a rising rebellion.
8) Flying feet
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Charlie often thinks of inventions that seldom work, but his latest idea just might be able to help Jake the Sweeper get rid of a big pile of trash and save "Come as a Character" day, too.
10) House of robots
Author
Series
House of robots volume 1
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Description
"Fifth-grader Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez struggles to fit in when his inventor mother requires him to take her latest creation, a robotic 'brother,' to school with him to learn to become a student"--
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Series
Tom Swift inventors' academy volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Something seems amiss when an overnight lock-in at Swift Enterprises turns into a quarantine lock-down, and Tom and his friends must find the real reason behind it all"--
15) Albie Newton
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When whiz inventor Albie Newton enters a new school, his plan for making friends turns into a disaster, but his incredible new invention may make everything right and his classmates' friendship.
16) Robots go wild!
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
"Fifth grader Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez has to find a solution when his robot 'brother' has repeated malfunctions at school and a newer model robot steps in as competition. His mother's job is in jeopardy as a result"-- Provided by publisher.
17) Awesome Dawson
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
All his life, Dawson has been inventing things, repairing toys in unusual ways, and helping clean up his neighborhood by reusing discarded objects, but when his Vacu-Maniac malfunctions it is his friend Mooey whose brainpower saves the day.
19) Made by Maxine
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When Maxine's school puts on a pet parade, she creates a unique contraption to allow her very special pet fish, Milton, to participate.