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A twelve-year-old boy, worried that his parents may divorce, discovers that an island in the middle of the lake where he is spending the summer is the testing grounds of the mysterious Dr. Libris, who may have invented a way to make the characters in books come alive.
4) Jackpot
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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.
5) Slob
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Picked on, overweight genius Owen tries to invent a television that can see the past to find out what happened the day his parents were killed
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"Earle Dickson and his new bride Josephine begin their lives together. The end. (Not really. There's more.) Josephine has a proclivity for injuring herself. Earle attaches cotton to long strips of adhesive tape, telling Josephine to cut off a length when she needs one. Since Earle works as a cotton buyer at Johnson & Johnson, he shares his idea. They're a big hit. The end. (Again, not really!) After a few false starts (much like the hilarious "the...
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Ben Franklin loved to swim and, at the age of eleven, he was determined to swim like a fish - fins and all! This fascinating and lively account of young Ben's earliest invention follows the budding scientist's journey as he tests and retests his swim fins. That first big splash led Ben to even more innovations and inventions.
13) The Messy Robot
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Chip has a lot of chores. He creates a robot to help him clean. The robot has other ideas and makes a mess. Chip realizes it's better if he does things himself.
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9 octobre 1890. Une date mémorable puisqu'elle marque le début de l'aviation, grâce à l'inventivité, la curiosité et la perspicacité d'un homme d'exception, Clément Ader. Ce jour-là, une machine plus lourde que l'air s'est envolée sur une distance de cinquante mètres. C'était tout simplement incroyable ! Après avoir observé les chauves-souris voler et compris qu'une machine volante ne pouvait pas dépendre que du vent, Clément Ader...
15) Airplane Jane
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Airplane Jane treats readers to her view from above Earth. She explains that she takes people to towns, cities, beaches, mountains, and faraway places.
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Sahith Tanuboddi is a 10th grader, who is extremely passionate about literature and poetry. He started writing his own stories at the age of 7 and he has been writing ever since! Sahith attends Ardrey Kell High School in North Carolina and actively participates in forensics, Science competitions, and annual hackathons around the world. He is the founder of a non-profit organization called Youth Stem Club, which is dedicated to underprivileged kids,...
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Elizabeth Blaze and her mom Gina were walking home when Elizabeth was shot. Immediately, she was rushed to the emergency room. While having the bullet removed, her heart stops beating, and she was pronounced brain-dead. Luckily, she had another chance at life thanks to a new technical device called the L4E chip which is placed in the head, sending out signals to the brain and heart, keeping them functioning and making humans immortal. Nevertheless,...
19) Norton and Alpha
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[2017]
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Norton and his robot dog like to collect objects that they use to create new inventions, but they think there is no possible use for the flower they find on one of their walks.
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