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Frank Einstein and the evoblaster belt

Boy genius Frank Einstein 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.

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Main Author:	Scieszka, Jon (Author)
Other Authors:	Biggs, Brian (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Amulet Books, 2016.
Series:	Scieszka, Jon. Frank Einstein ; 4.
Subjects:	Inventors > Juvenile fiction. Sign language > Juvenile fiction. Monkeys > Juvenile fiction. Robots > Juvenile fiction. Humorous fiction > Juvenile. Science fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:	Boy genius Frank Einstein 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.
Physical Description:	199 pages : illustrations (chiefly) ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	9781419718878 1419718878 9781419723797 1419723790 9781419727368 1419727362 1484495411 9781484495414
Author Notes:	Jon Scieszka was born September 8, 1954 in Flint , Michigan. After he graduated from Culver Military Academy where he was a Lieutenant, he studied to be a doctor at Albion College. He changed career directions and attended Columbia University where he received a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1980. Before he became a full time writer, Scieszka was a lifeguard, painted factories, houses, and apartments and also wrote for magazines. He taught elementary school in New York for ten years as a 1st grade assistant, a 2nd grade homeroom teacher, and a computer, math, science and history teacher in 3rd - 8th grade. He decided to take off a year from teaching in order to work with Lane Smith, an illustrator, to develop ideas for children's books. His book, The Stinky Cheese Man received the 1994 Rhode Island Children's Book Award. Scieszka's Math Curse, illustrated by Lane Smith, was an American Library Association Notable Book in 1996; a Blue Ribbon Book from the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books in 1995; and a Publisher's Weekly Best Children's Book in 1995. The Stinky Cheese Man received Georgia's 1997 Children's Choice Award and Wisconsin's The Golden Archer Award. Math Curse received Maine's Student Book Award, The Texas Bluebonnet Award and New Hampshire's The Great Stone Face Book Award in 1997. He was appointed the first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress in 2008. In 2014 his title, Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor made The New York Times Best Seller List. Frank Einstein and the Electro-Finger made the list in 2015. (Bowker Author Biography)