The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club
10 best books like The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club (Bertrand R. Brinley): Across the Dark Metropolis, Coot Club, The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet, Henry Reed, Inc., The Race Forever, 5 Novels: Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars / Slaves of Spiegel / The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death / The Last Guru / Young Adult Novel, The Marvelous Inventions of Alvin Fernald, The Great Brain at the Academy, Bugs Potter Live at Nickaninny, Musim Ceri di Bullerbyn
| Author | Michael de Larrabeiti |
| ISBN | 0765350076 |
What is a Borrible?
Borribles are runaways who dwell in the shadows of London. Apart from their pointed ears, they look just like ordinary children. They live by their wits and a few Borrible laws—the chief one being, Don’t Get Caught! The Borribles are outcasts—but they wouldn’t have...
| Author | Arthur Ransome |
| ISBN | 0879237872 |
As a child these were my favourite books, I loved stories of adventure and my family holidayed in the English Lake District where the Swallows & Amazon books are set so I knew the places they visited.
Coot Club, along with Big Six is set in the Norfolk Broads and doesn't feature the Swallows &...
| Author | Eleanor Cameron |
| ISBN | 0316125407 |
David and Chuck, two young boys living in California, build a backyard spaceship and jet off to the Mushroom Planet to help save that world, with the help of a rather strange but engagingly enthusiastic scientist in their town. Basidium, the so-called Mushroom Planet (because of, yes, all the giant...
| Author | Keith Robertson |
| ISBN | 0140341447 |
Henry Reed has arrived in Grover's Corner--and the town will never be the same. While spending the summer with his aunt and uncle, Henry comes up with a sure-fire money-making project: Henry Reed, Inc., Research. Henry's neighbor, Midge Glass, has an even more sure-fire hit: Reed and Glass, Inc. Now...
| Author | R.A. Montgomery |
| ISBN | 1933390077 |
DOES THE RACE FOREVER IN AFRICA SPELL THE BEGINNING OF YOUR FAME AS A YOUNG RACE CAR DRIVER, OR THE END OF YOUR CAREER? As soon as you could see over the steering wheel of an SUV, your father began teaching you about cars and driving. He is a former racecar driver himself. You have planned this trip to Africa...
| Author | Daniel Pinkwater |
| ISBN | 0374423296 |
5 Novels contains five classic novels by Daniel Pinkwater, who has been quietly, subversively producing books for the most intelligent and creative children and young people in America for more than twenty-five years. (Adults may know him as a frequent commentator on National Public Radio, essayist,...
Whenever Alvin's Magnificent Brain kicks into action, it's time to watch out! For Alvin is always thinking up another marvelous invention. Maybe it's the Foolproof Burglar Alarm for his bedroom door, or a Sure Shot Paper Slinger for delivering newspapers from his bike. But there's no doubt about it,...
| Author | John D. Fitzgerald |
| ISBN | 0440431131 |
A great book for boys! This series was a favorite from childhood for all the kids in our family. I remember my teacher and my mom reading them to us, and then re-reading them several times later.
Having read these aloud now myself for homeschool, I was surprised by the mature themes that I didn't...
RATING 4.2 STARS
I always love finding an old Gordon Korman book that somehow escaped my grasp when I was younger. This one continues the saga of Bugs Potter, a.k.a. "The Most," drummer extraordinaire. This time, rather than turning Toronto on its head by sneaking out and performing in clubs...
| Author | Astrid Lindgren |
| ISBN | 9792200274 |
Egentligen gillar jag Bullerbyn bäst i TV-serien från 80-talet. Fotot och musiken är så vackert, miljöerna är precis som jag vill ha dem och jag blir så lycklig i hjärtat av att sitta och glo på allt. Dock finns det något som stör och där har böckerna en fördel - här är det ingen i det djupa...
| Author | Scott Corbett |
| ISBN | 0590321978 |
Kerby helps Mrs. Graymalkin when her heel gets stuck in a grate at the park, and she gives him an old chemistry set that used to belong to her son. Kerby mixes up a batch, and finds himself compelled to drink the wonderful smelling stuff, and then is equally compelled to be the best behaved boy possible for...
| Author | Jamie Gilson |
| ISBN | 0380732513 |
Hobie Hanson knows that the sounds coming from across the hall can mean only one thing: 4A has a substitute teacher. And she's sinking fast. Hobie's certain 4B will never be so lucky. Their regular fourth grade teacher, Mr. Star, is as healthy as a horse. The very next day, though, Mr. Star rushes out of...
| Author | Deborah Hopkinson |
| ISBN | 0147521467 |
From an award-winning author of historical fiction comes a story of survival, crime, adventure, and horses in the streets of 19th century New York City.
Eleven-year-old Rocco is an Italian immigrant who finds himself alone in New York City after he's sold to a padrone by his poverty-stricken...
| Author | Jane Langton |
| ISBN | 0064407926 |
The new bike isn't pretty…
Not like the slick, red, twenty–one–speed bike that was stolen the very night Eddy had received it as a birthday present. The bike that Prince Krishna sent is old–fashioned and has a wicker basket -- the kind of bike no self–respecting boy like Eddy would...
In his beloved story The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien takes readers into a world unlike any other, yet so much seems familiar. As Bilbo journeys there and back again, glimpses of the spiritual are seen.
The Christian World of The Hobbit does what no book has done: it brings Tolkien fans new delight...
| Author | Gary Paulsen |
| ISBN | 0440415586 |
Francis Tucket, Lottie and Billy have survived extraordinary, hair-raising adventures in their quest to find Francis's family, lost when he was kidnapped from a wagon train on the Oregon Trail. Now they meet up with a British explorer, bloodthirsty soldiers, and in a tragic, heroic encounter, with...
