| The Robot Olympics Contributor(s): Appleton, Victor (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416913610 ISBN-13: 9781416913610 Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2006 Annotation: When teenage inventors from around the country bring their homemade robots to compete in a series of athletic competitions, Tom institutes tight security against The Road Back, an antiscience terrorist group. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Technology - Inventions - Juvenile Fiction | Boys & Men |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2005937379 |
| Series: Tom Swift, Young Inventor |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.18" W x 7.6" (0.27 lbs) 176 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 107083 Reading Level: 5.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: ROBOTS + TERRORISTS = TROUBLE FOR TOM Tom's been training his entry, SwiftBot, for the upcoming Robot Olympics -- a major event being sponsored by the White House's Office of Science and Technology. Teenage inventors from around the country will be bringing their homemade robots to compete in a series of athletic competitions. The Road Back, an antiscience terrorist group, has issued a statement condemning the event, and Tom hopes that the tight security at the Robot Olympics will keep TRB from causing trouble. But no such luck. Someone is playing dirty . . . and things are going to get dangerous. |
Contributor Bio(s): Appleton, Victor: - Victor Appleton is the author of the classic Tom Swift books. |