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What Has Wild Tom Done Now?

author: Quackenbush, Robert M
Highlights the life of the prolific inventor who gave the world such useful items as the electric light, motion pictures, and the phonograph.
920
year: 1981
copies: 3
call number/section: 920
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subjects: edison, thomas a, edison, thomas a., inventors [X], humorous fiction [X]

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs

author: Barrett, Judi, Barrett, Judith
Young inventor Flint Lockwood creates a machine that causes cheeseburgers to rain for the sky.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 308
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730

Melonhead

author: Kelly, Katy
In the Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Capitol Hill, Lucy Rose's friend Adam "Melonhead" Melon, a budding inventor with a knack for getting into trouble, enters a science contest that challenges students to recycle an older invention into a new invention.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 38
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
subjects: inventors [X], humorous stories, humorous fiction [X], washington (d.c.), humorous fiction

Wedgieman To The Rescue

author: Harper, Charise Mericle
Superhero Veggieman, better known as Wedgieman, faces off against Bad Dude, an inventor whose Make-Things-Disappear Machine causes trouble on the playground.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 310
subjects: superheroes, inventors [X], vegetables, humorous fiction [X], juvenile fiction / humorous stories

Bubble In The Bathtub

author: Nesbo, Jo
Doctor Proctor, an inventor of bizarre things, uses his time-traveling bathtub to go back in time and fix some things, but when he cannot get back, Nilly and Lisa meet him in the past with some of the magical fart powder he invented.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: time travel, inventors [X], humorous fiction [X], paris (france), france, engineers, humorous stories

The Templeton Twins Make A Scene

author: Weiner, Ellis
Abigail and John Templeton find themselves at TAPAS (the Thespian Academy of the Performing Arts and Sciences) where their father, the illustrious Professor Templeton, has been hired to invent a groundbreaking theatrical device.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 830
subjects: twins, siblings, inventors [X], humorous fiction [X], humorous fiction

Billy Sure, Kid Entrepreneur

author: Sharpe, Luke
Twelve-year-old Billy and his best friend Manny become entrepreneurs after launching a product known as the "All Ball," which can transform into different sports balls, but a major secret Billy is keeping has the potential to destroy their success and expose Billy as a fraud.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610

Frank Einstein And The Evoblaster Belt

author: Scieszka, Jon
Boy genius Frank Einstein finds himself in competition with his classmate and archrival T.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 50
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700

Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur And The Best Test

author: Sharpe, Luke
Genius kid inventor Billy Sure has created Sure Things, Inc., his business where he invents new and awesome things.
FIC
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copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
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Billy Sure, Kid Entrepreneur And The Cat-dog Translator

author: Sharpe, Luke
Billy Sure, a twelve-year-old inventor and CEO of Sure Things, Inc.
FIC
year:
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
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Flint Saves The Day

author: Teitelbaum, Michael
Flint Lockwood suddenly becomes popular when the young inventor creates a machine that can rain showers of food; but when the machine malfunctions, Flint must find a way to fix it before the town and the world is destroyed by giant-sized food.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
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