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Author
Series
Questioneers volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
A young aspiring engineer must first conquer her fear of failure.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Once upon a time in a castle high on a hill lived an inventor whose greatest creation was Edward. Although Edward had an irresistible charm, he was not quite perfect. The inventor's sudden death left him unfinished, with sharp shears of metal for hands. Edward lived alone in the darkness until one day a kind Avon sales person took him home to live with her family. And so began Edward's fantastical adventures in a pastel paradise known as Suburbia....
3) Sky jumpers
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Hope lives in a post World War III town called White Rock where everyone must participate in Inventions Day, though Hope's inventions always fail. Her unique skill set comes in hand when a group of bandits invades the town"--
Author
Series
Captain Underpants volume 12
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
George and Harold and their doubles, Yesterday George and Yesterday Harold, have been taking turns going to school, but when the doubles fall prey to their gym teacher, Mr. Meaner, and his method of mind control that turns students into attentive, obedient, perfect children, it is up to original George and Harold to strike back.
Author
Series
Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Description
When Rosie is unable to invent a contraption to help one of Aunt Rose's Raucous Riveters friends, she calls on classmates Iggy Peck and Ada Twist to help.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Formats
Description
A little girl has a wonderful idea. With the help of her canine assistant, she is going to make the most magnificent thing! She knows just how it will look. She knows just how it will work. But making the most magnificent thing turns out to be harder than she thinks.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
670L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Frankie Sparks, the self-proclaimed "best inventor in the third grade," does research and creates a tool to try to persuade her classmates that a rat would make the best class pet.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
102 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Frannie tries to prevent chaos when her new lab assistant, Igor, a dog of many breeds, accidentally lets loose a giant, fifty-foot, arrow-shooting cupid.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a teacher who believes each of them is a genius, a class of special-needs students invents something that could convince the whole school they are justifiably proud to be "Junkyard Wonders."
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Marguerite Caine's physicist parents are known for their groundbreaking achievements. Their most astonishing invention, called the Firebird, allows users to jump into multiple universes-and promises to revolutionize science forever. But then Marguerite's father is murdered, and the killer-her parent's handsome, enigmatic assistant Paul- escapes into another dimension before the law can touch him. Marguerite refuses to let the man who destroyed her...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
1040L
Physical Desc
78 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
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Description
Presents the stories behind forty things that were invented or named by accident, including aspirin, X-rays, frisbees, silly putty, and velcro.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Buzz and his dad head to a cave to test a new invention. As they explore the cave, they see crystals, snakes, and bats. Then Buzz spots something really special! Maybe Buzz's latest invention has led to a great discovery.
15) Tesla's attic
Author
Series
Accelerati trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
870L
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"With a plot combining science and the supernatural, four kids are caught up in a dangerous plan concocted by the eccentric inventor, Nikola Tesla"--
Author
Series
Mr. and Mrs. Green volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mr. and Mrs. Green, a loving alligator couple, practice magic tricks, bake cookies, and dream up new inventions.
Author
Series
My weird school volume 18
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the new computer lab teacher tries to bring Ella Mentry School into the twenty-first century with her peculiar inventions, second-grader A.J. struggles to survive without sugary snacks when Principal Klutz bans junk food.
18) Porkenstein
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Lonely after a big bad wolf ate his brother and siter, Dr. Smart Pig tries to invent a friend with surprising results.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
430L
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The air conditioner is not working and it is too hot to think, so Buzz invents a solution to keep everyone cool.
20) Omega City
Author
Series
Omega City volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gillian Seagret doesn't listen to people who say her father's a crackpot. His conspiracy theories about the lost technology of Cold War-era rocket scientist Dr. Aloysius Underberg may have cost him his job and forced them to move to a cottage in the sticks, but Gillian knows he's right and plans to prove it. When she discovers a missing page from Dr. Underberg's diary in her father's mess of an office, she thinks she's found a big piece of the puzzle...
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