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1) Stealing air
Author
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three sixth-grade boys band together to build an experimental aircraft, enduring social and practical difficulties in the process.
Author
Series
Questioneers volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Description
Rosie Revere is no stranger to flops and fails, kerfuffles and catastrophes. After all, engineering is all about perseverance! But this time, Rosie has a really important project to tackle--one that feels much bigger than herself. Rosie's beloved Aunt Rose and her friends, the Raucous Riveters--a group of fun-loving gals who built airplanes during World War II--need help inventing something new. And Rosie is just the engineer for the job! After one...
3) Mechanica
Author
Series
Lexile measure
920L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A retelling of Cinderella about an indomitable inventor-mechanic who finds her prince but realizes she doesn't want a fairy tale happy ending after all." --
Author
Series
Lexile measure
AD 780L
Language
English
Description
Rosie may seem quiet during the day, but at night she's a brilliant who dreams of becoming a great engineer. When her Great, Great Aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) comes for a visit and mentions her one unfinished goal to fly. Rosie sets to work building a contraption to make her aunt's dream come true. An aspiring young engineer must first conquer her fear of failure.
Author
Series
Adventures in extreme reading volume 1
Pub. Date
2013
Lexile measure
660L
Physical Desc
110 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Carter Lewis's Uncle Dan has invented a suit that creates a virtual reality world so that the person experiences and interacts with a book as if he were actually there--but when Carter and his cousin Isabelle put on the suits they discover that a hacker is playing games with them.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rewritten for a new audience, this compilation of two separately published works tells the story of Benji Franklin, a twelve-year-old genius who becomes an overnight zillionaire after writing a computer application that generates excuses--and soon discovers that a lot of people want him to solve their problems.
10) New & improved
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
For their first assignment in fourth grade Finley has to think of an invention that will help the world--but when her Supersonic Sibling Sublimator appears to work too well, and her annoying older brother vanishes, only to reappear laughing at the trick he played, Finley comes up with a new invention she is sure will be a hit.
11) The recess bully
Author
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The new student in Harry's second grade class is ruining recess by being a bully--can one of Harry's superhero inventions help him befriend the bully and save recess?
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ethan Cheeseman and his children, ages eight, twelve, and fourteen, hope to settle in a nice small town, at least long enough to complete work on a time machine, but spies and government agents have been pursuing them for two years and are about to catch up.
Author
Series
Benji Franklin kid zillionaire volume 2
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Benji Franklin's problem-solving skills are put to the test when he is asked to find a way to stop an asteroid that is headed right for Earth.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Super-child Ellie Ultra has been home schooled by her genius inventor parents, so now she is hoping that starting third grade at Winkopolis Elementary School will let her meet and hang out with normal kids--but when her super abilities make it difficult to fit in with the other children, she takes one of her parents' inventions that she hopes will help her tone down her super powers.