Frank Einstein and the Evoblaster Belt (Frank Einstein Series #4): Book Four

More clever science experiments, funny jokes, and robot hijinks await readers in book four of the New York Times bestselling Frank Einstein chapter book series from the mad scientist team of Jon Scieszka and Brian Biggs. The perfect combination to engage and entertain readers, the series features real science facts with adventure and humor, making these books ideal for STEM education. This latest installment examines the quest to unlock the power behind the science of "all connected life."

Kid-genius and inventor Frank Einstein loves figuring out how the world works by creating household contraptions that are part science, part imagination, and definitely unusual. In the series opener, an uneventful experiment in his garage-lab, a lightning storm, and a flash of electricity bring Frank's inventions--the robots Klink and Klank--to life! Not exactly the ideal lab partners, the wisecracking Klink and the overly expressive Klank nonetheless help Frank attempt to perfect his inventions. In the fourth book in the series, Frank--along with his best friend, Watson, and Klink and Klank--once again finds himself in competition with his classmate and archrival T. Edison and his sign-language-speaking sidekick, Mr. Chimp, over Frank's newest invention: the EvoBlaster Belt, which allows the user to evolve and devolve into other forms of life, blasting from one species to another.

Integrating real science facts with wacky humor, a silly cast of characters, and science fiction, this uniquely engaging series is an irresistible chemical reaction for middle-grade readers. With easy-to-read language and graphic illustrations on almost every page, this chapter book series is a must for reluctant readers. The Frank Einstein series encourages middle-grade readers to question the way things work and to discover how they, too, can experiment with science. In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews raves, "This buoyant, tongue-in-cheek celebration of the impulse to 'keep asking questions and finding your own answers' fires on all cylinders," while Publishers Weekly says that the series "proves that science can be as fun as it is important and useful."

Read all the books in the New York Times bestselling Frank Einstein series: Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor (Book 1), Frank Einstein and the Electro-Finger (Book 2), Frank Einstein and the BrainTurbo (Book 3), and Frank Einstein and the EvoBlaster Belt (Book 4). Visit frankeinsteinbooks.com for more information.

Author: Jon Scieszka
Publisher: Amulet Books
Published: 09/06/2016
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781419718878
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.3
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 183694 / Frank Einstein and the Evoblaster Belt

About the Author
Jon Scieszka's books have sold more than 11 million copies. He is the author of The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, the Time Warp Trio series, the Spaceheadz series, and most recently, Battle Bunny, coauthored by Mac Barnett. In 2008, Scieszka was named the inaugural National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress. He is also the founder of Guys Read, a web-based literacy program for boys. Scieszka lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Brian Biggs has collaborated with Garth Nix, Cynthia Rylant, and Katherine Applegate, in addition to working on his own picture books, including the Everything Goes series and Tinyville Town, an upcoming series for younger readers to be published by Appleseed Books. Biggs lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.