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Chapter Book · Ages 8–11 · 2008 · Est. 3 hour read
Toy Inventor
By Tim Kehoe, Mike Wohnoutka (Illustrator), Guy Francis (Illustrator)
Book #1 in the Vincent Shadow series
A bullied boy's toy inventions could change his life forever.
3.7/5 Goodreads · 213 ratings
224 pages· 20,732 words· Est. 3 hour read
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Bookroo's summary
Vincent Shadow, a middle school misfit with a knack for inventing toys, hides his creations in a secret attic lab. When he meets an eccentric toy inventor, Vincent's dreams of transforming from outcast to toy inventor extraordinaire are within reach. Can he turn his imaginative sketches into reality and prove that his unusual mind is his greatest asset? The stakes are high as Vincent steps into a world where playtime is serious business.
From the publisher
Vincent Shadow isn’t particularly good at sports and is constantly being picked on by his classmates at Central Middle School. But it is Vincent’s unusually creative mind that truly separates him from other kids his age.Vincent’s top secret attic lab is crammed with toy prototypes –from Liquid Superballs to Bullz-I Basketballs and Sonic Snorkelz–and he has a sketch book filled with drawings of toys he still wants to build. So when a chance encounter with an eccentric toy inventor offers him the opportunity to go from unknown weird kid to toy inventor extraordinaire, Vincent realizes that playtime is over: it’s time to get serious about toys.* Vincent Shadow: Toy Inventor was previously titled The Unusual Mind of Vincent Shadow.
At a glance
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 224
- Words
- 20,732
- Reading age
- 8–11
- Audience
- Juvenile Reader
- Lexile
- ~720L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 4.6
- F&P level
- ~Q
- AR points
- 3
- AR interest level
- MG
- AR quiz
- 133815
Publication
- Published
- August 1, 2011
- First published
- January 1, 2008
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Chapter Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9780316056663
- LCCN
- 2010041128
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