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1) Fries alive!
Author
Series
Freddy and the French Fries volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
While competing with a rival restaurant for the winning float, nine-year-old Freddy Funkhouser constructs a batch of animated French fries that come to life after receiving an enormous jolt of electricity.
2) Sky high
Author
Series
Zigzag kids volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Banned from inventing for a week when two of his innovations wreak havoc, an imaginative Charlie gets help from his friends and fellow inventor Mr. Redfern to prepare for an upcoming invention fair.
3) Flying feet
Author
Series
Zigzag kids volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Formats
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.
4) Melonhead
Author
Series
Melonhead books volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Washington, D.C., Lucy Rose's friend Adam "Melonhead" Melon, a budding inventor with a knack for getting into trouble, enters a science contest that challenges students to recycle an older invention into a new invention.
Author
Series
House of robots volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
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"--
7) Porkenstein
Author
Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
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Description
Lonely after his two brothers are eaten by the Big Bad Wolf, Dr. Smart Pig invents a wolf-proof friend to keep him company on Halloween.
Author
Series
Frank Einstein volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Children's Read Alikes: Captain Underpants
Children's Special Topics: STEAM
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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
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
Ben, Zara, Sam, and Marcia begin their summer vacation by helping Professor Ampersand and a new friend build the Silver Turtle, a futuristic airplane, but on the day the first test flight is planned, a strange woman steals the airplane with the children inside.
13) The space hotel
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks [i.e, Spotlight]
Pub. Date
2008, c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Tom and Sandy are among the first guests of APOGEE, the world's first space hotel. They have many unique and interesting experiences, but Tom begins to notice some strange things going on and suspects foul play when a billionaire guest goes missing.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Hector McGregor, an inventor, leaves his home workshop to work in a laboratory but finds that his inspiration comes from being around his cheery wife, five children, and a hen called Hattie.
Author
Series
Frank Einstein volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
"Frank Einstein (kid-genius scientist and inventor) and his best friend, Watson, along with intelligent robots Klink and Klank once again find themselves in competition with T. Edison, their classmate and archrival--this time in the quest to unlock the power behind the science of energy"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Children's Read Alikes: Series of Unfortunate Events
Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile 900 to 999
Children's Special Topics: Fiction with Lexile 900 to 999
Formats
Description
Josephine Cravitz, the new girl in Awkward Falls, and her neighbor Thaddeus Hibble, a reclusive and orphaned boy inventor, become the targets of a mad cannibal from the local asylum for the criminally insane.
17) Robots go wild!
Author
Series
House of robots volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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--and his mother's job is in jeopardy as a result"--
Author
Series
Baby Brains volume 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Baby Brains invents RoboMom to do all the household chores and give his tired parents a rest.
20) Edison's gold
Author
Publisher
Egmont USA
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Tom Edison and his friends become embroiled in a mystery involving his "double-great" grandfather's inventions, a secret society, and a vendetta being carried out by a descendant of inventor Nikola Tesla.
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