Nick and Tesla's Secret Agent Gadget Battle by Bob Pflugfelder

Young scientists and inventors will have a blast constructing the gadgets, as well as cheering on Nick and Tesla as they outwit the bad guy(s), whomever that might be. Within the book you will find the instructions for how to make Nick's Fingerprint-Finder Powder and Evildoer Identification System, Tesla's Ring-a-Ding-Ding Spy Exposure System, Nick and Tesla's Spybusting InvisiCam, Nick and Tesla's Code Wheels, and Nick and Tesla's Booby-Trap Balloon Drop. To find the spy, retrieve the pendants from their parents that have been stolen, and discover what everyone is up to, Nick and Tesla will have to create more of their awesome gadgets. Scientists union? Or the two cleaning ladies who just happened to show up and offer the first day's service for free? Maybe it's Skip the exterminator, who also just happens to be in the neighborhood making sales calls? Could it be their uncle's new girlfriend? What about the intern that has just arrived to study with their uncle through the M.A.D. So it seems that the kids will have to look out for themselves and figure out who the bad guys are. And when they try to play the message back for Uncle Newt, it has mysteriously vanished from the voice mail. Okay, the message was cut off and they don't know who it is that they shouldn't trust. The kids receive a cryptic phone message from their mother warning them that they are not safe and not to trust. And they still miss their parents, who are off on an agricultural trip studying soybeans.

Newt's neighbor Julie is busy trying to replace the garden gnomes that the kids and Uncle Newt's inventions keep destroying. Uncle Newt is busy trying to perfect his latest invention, which is a vacuum cleaner powered by rotten fruit. Their friends Silas and DeMarco always find some sort of crazy stunt to attempt, and this time it is riding a bike down a slide and then jumping it over a mud pit that they have dug in the backyard. No matter which of Nick and Tesla's adventures you read, it is always a good time.

Nick and Tesla's Secret Agent Gadget Battle by Bob Pflugfelder