Science Fair

By Dave Barry; Ridley Pearson
(Disney Editions, Hardcover, 9781423113249, 400pp.)

Publication Date: September 25, 2008

Other Editions of This Title: Paperback (April 21, 2010), Compact Disc (October 2008), Compact Disc (October 2008), (October 2008), (October 2008)

Categories: Action & Adventure - General, Humorous Stories, Science & Technology

Selected by Indie Booksellers for the Winter 2009 Kids' List

“Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson dazzle us again with a hilarious story about an 8th grade science fair gone awry, featuring Star Wars obsessed fans, henchmen from the country Kprshtskan. and a plot to take over the world. Can our hero save the day before time runs out?”

-- Suzanna Hermans, Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck, NY

Description

Grdankl the Strong, president of Kprshtskan, is plotting to take over the American government. His plan is to infiltrate the science fair at Hubble Middle School, located in a Maryland suburb just outside Washington. The rich kids at Hubble cheat by buying their projects every year, and Grdankl's cronies should have no problem selling them his government-corrupting software. But this year, Toby Harbinger, a regular kid with Discount Warehouse shoes, is determined to win the $5,000 prize-even if he has to go up against terrorists to do it. With the help of his best friends, Tamara and Micah, Toby takes on Assistant Principal Paul Parmit, aka "The Armpit", a laser-eyed stuffed owl, and two eBay buyers named Darth and the Wookiee who seem to think that the Harrison-Ford-signed BlasTech DL-44 blaster Toby sold them is a counterfeit. What transpires is a hilarious adventure filled with mystery, suspense, and levitating frogs.

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