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Melonhead volume 1
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In the Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Capitol Hill, Lucy Rose's friend Adam "Melonhead" Melon, a budding inventor with a knack for getting into trouble, enters a science contest that challenges students to recycle an older invention into a new invention.
8) Fiddlehead
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Clockwork century universe volume 5
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"Young ex-slave Gideon Bardsley is a brilliant inventor, but the job is less glamorous than one might think, especially since the assassination attempts started. Worse yet, they're trying to destroy his greatest achievement: a calculating engine called Fiddlehead, which provides undeniable proof of something awful enough to destroy the world. Both man and machine are at risk from forces conspiring to keep the Civil War going and the money flowing....
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Secrets of a lab rat volume 1
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Part inventor, part daredevil, Scab McNally is determined to let nothing get in the way of convincing his parents to let him buy a dog--especially his "smart times ten" twin sister, Isabelle. He'll use his new invention, a sister-repellent spray, to earn enough for the dog. But a broken bottle of the megastinky concoction brings major disaster.
10) Pretty bird
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Three would-be entrepreneurs set out to invent a rocket belt. The venturesome partnership soon takes an unhealthy toll as their mismatched personalities clash and some unexpected success leads to retaliations, kidnapping, and murder.
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Robert Axle, an eccentric inventor turned ego maniacal infomercial guru, loses it all when one of his inventions maims thousands of customers. After 8 years in prison, Axle is ready to redeem his name and rebuild his billion dollar empire. But first he must convince his estranged 22 year old daughter to let him live with her and her quirky, over protective roommates.
12) The Jerk
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A rags-to-riches-to-rags story. Navin Johnson, adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, has invented some crazy inventions that lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags.
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Frank Einstein volume 2
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"Frank Einstein (kid-genius scientist and inventor) and his best friend, Watson, along with intelligent robots Klink and Klank once again find themselves in competition with T. Edison, their classmate and archrival--this time in the quest to unlock the power behind the science of energy"--
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Red and the gang are back for one last round of manly misadventures. In seasons 13, 14, and 15 of the cult classic, the boys dream up more of the halfbaked ideas and crazy contraptions that entertained viewers for 15 hilarious years. Includes the 2003, 2004, and 2005 seasons for the first time on DVD. 55 episodes.
18) Clockwork lives
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Clockwork angels volume 2
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Marinda Peake is a woman with a quiet, perfect life in a small village; she long ago gave up on her dreams and ambitions to take care of her ailing father, an alchemist and an inventor. When he dies, he gives Marinda a mysterious inheritance: a blank book that she must fill with other people's stories -- and ultimately her own.
19) The fix-it man
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Meet Joshua James, the fix-it man. If he can't fix it, no one can! When a stinky problem arises, Joshua James takes matters into his own hands with a little help from his younger sister, Sophie. -- Amazon.com
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Frank Einstein volume 4
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Boy genius Frank Einstein finds himself in competition with his classmate and archrival T. Edison and his sign-language-speaking sidekick, Mr. Chimp, over Frank's newest invention: the EvoBlaster Belt.