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64) The kidnap plot
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326 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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When young Charlie Pondicherry sets out to rescue his inventor-father from kidnappers, he uncovers a dastardly plan that he must help to foil, and discovers a great truth about himself.
65) Sky high
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Zigzag kids volume 7
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68 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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English
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"Charlie has lots of ideas. Need something to go sky high? Ah-ha! The zinger-winger! Need to launch a cheese popper into soup? The amazing popper-upper! But the zinger-winger zings more than wings, and the popper-upper plops. Charlie isn't allowed to invent for a week. Meanwhile, the afterschool invention fair is coming up. He needs time to make something special. Good thing he has his friends and Mr. Redfern, another inventor, to help him out"--
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127 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"This nonfiction book for middle readers is full of inspiring tales of inventors and innovators who have accidentally changed the world. The book also features profiles of inventive kids and teenagers."--
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158 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Español
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¿Alguna vez te has preguntado de dónde han salido todas las cosas que nos rodean? ¡En este libro encontrarás las respuestas! ¿Desde cuándo existe el dinero? Si los fuegos artificiales se inventaron por casualidad, ¿qué buscaban sus creadores en realidad? ¿Cómo funcionan las vacunas? ¿Desde cuándo usamos la energía eléctrica en casa y por qué podemos iluminarnos con ella? Viaja a través de las principales épocas de la historia y descubre...
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127 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
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English
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Explores the life of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of numerous devices, including the telephone.
Explores the life of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of numerous devices, including the telephone. Alexander Graham Bell may be best known for the telephone, but there was more to him than just one invention. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1847, Bell was a curious child who loved music and nature. He conceived his first invention, a tub to...
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
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English
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Rube Goldberg was a real cartoonist who got really, really famous by inventing a whole lot of crazy, brilliant, impractical, funny stuff. None of which ever got made. Does that make any sense? It will after you read this book!
70) The Texan duke
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386 pages ; 18 cm.
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English
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"As the ward to the late Duke of Lothian, Elsbeth Carew resides at the ancestral estate of Bealadair. Fiercely attached to the manor, she loves it more than anyone else. When Connor McCraight -- the new Duke of Lothian -- arrives, Elsbeth does not quite know what to make of the American who has inherited the title but has never even set foot on Scottish soil. The tall, ruggedly handsome Texan sweeps through Bealadair with an air of authority Elsbeth...
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v, 316 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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"Melissa Schilling, one of the world's leading experts on innovation, invites us into the lives of eight people--Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Elon Musk, Dean Kamen, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, and Steve Jobs--to identify the traits and experiences that drove them to make spectacular breakthroughs, over and over again."--Jacket flap.
74) The star thief
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408 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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English
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"Young parlor maid Honorine and her friend Francis find themselves in the middle of an epic feud between a crew of scientific sailors and the magical constellations come to life"--
75) Made by Maxine
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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When Maxine's school puts on a pet parade, she creates a unique contraption to allow her very special pet fish, Milton, to participate.
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242 pages ; 22 cm
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Español
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At seven, Ivan Drago enters a game contest and is selected among ten thousand boys. From that moment on, his life changes completely. His parents disappear mysteriously and he is forced to live first with his aunt and then his grandfather, the famous inventor of games, Nicolas Drago. This opens a world of adventure and mystery and his life becomes part of an incomprehensible game.
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