The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook
by:
Eleanor Davis (author)
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...
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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?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781599903965 (1599903962)
ASIN: 1599903962
Publish date: September 1st 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Adventure,
Humor,
Academic,
School,
Science,
Juvenile,
Middle Grade,
Mystery,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics
I thought from the title that this would be a series, but five years after it's publication, there isn't another installment. There are some individual panels and pages that are fantastic, but overall, this felt a little weak. I would have liked to have spent a bit more time with the other major c...
The Youngest loved this and zoomed through, then handed it off to me. I like the unexpected groups of inventors, the slightly mad-science feel, the clubhouse!, and the tricks. Highly recommended to young science and/or adventure fans.
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