Leonora Bolt: Secret Inventor

Lucy Brandt

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WARNING: EPIC INVENTIONS AND SECRET SOCIETIES AHEAD . . .

Leonora Bolt spends her days creating incredible inventions in her TOP SECRET laboratory, under the watchful eye of her terrifying uncle.

Everything changes one day when a strange boy washes up on an inflatable lobster and reveals that Uncle Luther has been stealing her inventions and selling them on the mainland. Leonora, armed with her most important inventions, must leave Crabby Island for the first time EVER to embark on an unforgettable journey that will test her brainpower to its limits.

With the help of an otter with a special skilll, a questionable cook and a singing sea captain, can Leonora dream up an invention that will defeat her evil uncle once and for all?

Violet Baudelaire meets Peanut Jones in this epic STEM-themed adventure about believing in your brainpower - and yourself!

Review

A hilariously silly adventure for 7+, full of fishy foodstuffs and ingenious gadgets. ― The Guardian

Fizzing with fun, friendship and fabulous inventions! ― Maria Kuzniar

Warm, funny and with plenty for parents to enjoy too. ― The Scottish Sun

Great to have a female STEM lead in this joyous story about a young inventor who has to use all her considerable brain power to defeat her villainous uncle. ― The i

Adventure, humour, bold illustrations and manageable text make this an ideal book for reading aloud or reading alone. ― Toppsta review

Favourite scenes include a ride in a hot air balloon, suspended from a wonderful variety of inflatables, and another in the stinkiest cave in fiction. Lots of fun, this is one to recommend to readers who like their adventures wild, wacky and full of invention(s). ― LoveReading4Kids

About the Author

Lucy Brandt is a mum of two young kids and lives and works in Brighton. She has worked for nearly twenty years in a variety of traditional and digital marketing roles, largely specialising in technology - she has poured her technological knowledge into the inventions she created for her debut novel Leonora Bolt: Secret Inventor.

Gladys Jose is an illustrator and storyteller. She graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2012, where she earned a Bachelors in Fine Arts degree, specializing in graphic design. Gladys is the illustrator of FRESH PRINCESS (HarperCollins, 2019), THE ELEPHANTS HIDE AND SEEK HANDBOOK (Sourcebooks 2020) LEONORA BOLT: SECRET INVENTOR (Puffin 2021) as well as a chapter book series for EPIC! Books.
Gladys lives in the sunny state of Florida with her husband and daughter.

Podrobnosti

Autor	Lucy Brandt
Vydavatel	Puffin
Ilustrátoři	Gladys Jose
Jazyk	anglicky
Vazba	měkká
Počet stran	208
Formát	12,9 × 19,8 cm
EAN	9780241436769
Rok vydání	2022
Edice	Beletrie, pohádky