Orphaned Leonora lives on a remote island,spending her days making crazy cool inventions. When a strange boy called Jack washes up on an inflatable lobster and reveals that her evil Uncle Luther has been stealing her inventions and selling them on the mainland,it begins a laugh-out-loud adventure - complete with a furry otter,a singing sea captain,and a very secret society...
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UKISBN: 9780241436769Number of pages: 208Weight: 170 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 13 mm
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A hilariously silly adventure for 7+,full of fishy foodstuffs and ingenious gadgets.Fizzing with fun,friendship and fabulous inventions!Warm,funny and with plenty for parents to enjoy too.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.Adventure,humour,bold illustrations and manageable text make this an ideal book for reading aloud or reading alone.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).
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