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Nick and Tesla's Solar-Powered Showdown: A Mystery with Sun-Powered Gadgets You Can Build Yourself - Hardcover
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by Bob Pflugfelder (Author), Steve Hockensmith (Author)
Another fast-paced mystery in the popular Nick and Tesla series, featuring a new case to crack and all-new gadgets that kids can build themselves!
Super-smart kid inventors Nick and Tesla Holt have outsmarted crooks, spies, and kidnappers. This time they attempt to crack their biggest mystery yet: where the heck are their parents? With the help of their eccentric Uncle Newt, the twin sleuths trace the clues to their missing Mom and Dad, scientists who've been working on solar power reserch for a clandestine government project. But they'll need all their wits, and an assortment of homemade solar gadgets, to outsmart the criminal mastermind who's trying to turn solar power into a secret weapon.Author Biography
"Science Bob" Pflugfelder is a science teacher, author, maker, and presenter that knows how to share the world of science like never before. He is a regular guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Live With Kelly and Ryan, The Dr. Oz Show, and Nickelodeon's Nicky, Ricky, Dicky and Dawn. His television appearances also include The Today Show, Hack My Life, Good Morning America, Home & Family and others.
Steve Hockensmith is both a New York Times bestselling author (for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls) and a Best First Novel Edgar Award nominee (for his mystery Holmes on the Range). He has two young children and lives near San Francisco. Scott Garrett is a UK-based freelance illustrator whose clients have included Vodafone, Nestle, VW, GQ, The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Business Week, Klutz Books, Faber & Faber and Random House. He lives by the sea in Hastings, East Sussex, with his family.
Number of Pages: 264
Dimensions: 0.9 x 7.2 x 5.1 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: May 10, 2016
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Nick and Tesla's Solar-Powered Showdown: A Mystery with Sun-Powered Gadgets You Can Build Yourself
Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8
Reading Level: 5.1
Point Value: 5