Title: Nick and Tesla's High-Voltage Danger Lab: A Mystery with Electromagnets, Burglar Alarms, and Other Gadgets You Can Build Yourself (Nick and Tesla #1)
Authors: "Science Bob" Pflugfelder, Steve Hockensmith, and Scott Garrett (Illus.)
Publisher: Quirk Books
Acquired Via: Publisher
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Nick and Tesla are bright 11-year-old siblings with a knack for science, electronics, and getting into trouble. When their parents mysteriously vanish, they’re sent to live with their Uncle Newt, a brilliant inventor.
But it’s not long before Nick and Tesla are embarking on adventures of their own—and engineering all kinds of outrageous contraptions to save their skin.
In Nick and Tesla’s High-Voltage Danger Lab, we meet the characters and learn how to make everything from rocket launchers and burglar alarms to mobile tracking devices and more. Science has never been so dangerous—or so much fun!
My Review
Nick and Tesla’s High-Voltage Danger Lab is a cute middle grade novel by "Science Bob" Pflugfelder (phew!) and Steve Hockensmith, with super cute illustrations by Scott Garrett. It is about Nick and Tesla Holt, who are science-savvy kids staying with their odd Uncle Newt while their parents are out of the country on business. Not only does the book have an age-appropriate mystery, it also provides several science experiments (with illustrated instructions) for young readers to attempt with their favorite science-loving adult.