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From the back cover: Frank Einstein (A) is a kid-genius scientist and inventor. Klink (B) is a self-assembled artificial intelligence entity. And Klank (C) is a mostly self-assembled and artificial almost intelligence entity. Together they create an Antimatter Motor using the three states of matter: solid (D), liquid (E), and gas (F). Their plans to win the Midville Science Prize are all but guaranteed-until Frank's classmate and archrival T. Edison shows up!
Hm, not sure I get the multiple choice options but it's a new Scieszka and that's all I need to know.
Fly Guy Presents: Firefighters by Tedd Arnold. (Fly Guy Presents series) Scholastic Inc., July, 2014. 9780545631600.
Publisher synopsis: Come ride the fire truck with Fly Guy!
Fly Guy and Buzz are off on another exciting field trip. This time, they're visiting the fire station! There, they will learn all about firefighters, fire trucks, and fire safety. They'll even get to zoom down the fire pole and try on a firefighter helmet! Come along to learn all about firefighters in this fun nonfiction reader. Award-winning author/illustrator Tedd Arnold really brings nonfiction to life!
Memory Maze by Gordon Korman. (The Hypnotists #2) 233 p. Scholastic Inc., July, 2014. 9780545503297.
Publisher synopsis: Jax Opus knows he's not like other kids. And it isn't his skill on the basketball court or his test scores that set him apart. No, Jax is different because he can hypnotize people. In fact, he might be the best hypnotist the world has seen in a very long time.
You would think Jax would be happy about this. But really? It's ruining his life. He and his family are hiding from a master hypnotist who wants Jax out of the picture . . . forever. And the FBI is also starting to ask questions about Jax and his abilities.
Jax thinks life might be getting a little better when a very rich, very powerful man asks him to help out with something. The reward will be great. And the price -- well, the price is that Jax starts taking on the man's memories. And some of them are pretty deadly.
Paper Airplanes by Dawn O'Porter. 272 p. Amulet/ Abrams, September 9, 2014. 9781419711848.
Publisher synopsis: Renée and Flo are the most unlikely of friends. Introspective and studious Flo and outspoken, wild, and sexually curious Renée have barely spoken in their years of going to school together in Guernsey, a small British island off the coast of France. And yet, when tragedy strikes, it is only wild child Renée, who lost her mother at a young age, who is able to comfort a grieving Flo. The girls form an intense bond that sees them through a host of deeply relatable, wince-inducing experiences—drunken snogging; a séance in which clueless friends offer to summon Renée’s mother; dating a guy for free fish and chips. But toxic mean girls and personal betrayals threaten to tear the girls’ delicate new friendship apart.
In this gripping debut, Dawn O’Porter shines an unflinchingly honest, humorous light on female friendship, lost innocence, and that moment when you are teetering on the threshold of adult life.
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That cover for Frank Einstein is so cute and based on the synopsis it is going to be a fun story as well :). I've also added the Hypnotists to my wishlist, as that sounds great too. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteNice haul this week! I have seen some really brilliant reviews for Paper Aeroplanes and have wanted to read it for quite some time now, but still haven't got around to it yet. I hope you enjoy all your reads this week :) Here's my STS.
ReplyDeleteHeard of Paper Airplanes, have it on my shelf though (since the UK is Hot Key Books), so can't wait to read it. :) Happy reading!
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