Nick and Tesla's solar-powered showdown : a mystery with sun-powered gadgets you can build yourself

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Nick and Tesla's solar-powered showdown : a mystery with sun-powered gadgets you can build yourself

Title remainder

a mystery with sun-powered gadgets you can build yourself

Statement of responsibility

by "Science Bob" Pflugfelder and Steve Hockensmith; illustrations by Scott Garrett

Title variation

Solar-powered showdown

Creator

• Pflugfelder, Bob, 1967-

Contributor

• Garrett, Scott
• Hockensmith, Steve

Illustrator

• Garrett, Scott

Subject

• Science -- Experiments -- Juvenile fiction
• Solar energy -- Juvenile fiction
• Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• Juvenile fiction

Language

eng

Summary

"Super-smart kid inventors Nick and Tesla Holt have outsmarted crooks, spies, and kidnappers, but now it's time to crack their biggest mystery yet: where the heck are their parents? With the help of their eccentric Uncle Newt, the twins trace the clues to their missing Mom and Dad, scientists working on solar-power research for a clandestine government project. They'll need all their wits, along with an assortment of homemade gadgets, to outsmart the criminal mastermind who's trying to turn solar power into a secret weapon. Featuring instructions for building and using five awesome solar-powered contraptions, a hot dog cooker, alarm bell, listening device, model car, and nighttime LED signal cannon, this sixth installment is sure to please budding scientists and sleuthers alike."

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Dewey number

[Fic]

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

juvenile