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Vincent Shadow isn't particularly good at sports - he doesn't have a lot of friends and he is constantly being picked on by his classmates at Central Middle School. But it is Vincent's unusually creative mastermind that truly separates him from other kids his age.
With his top-secret attic lab full of tried and tested (and often failed) toy prototypes - from Liquid Superballs to Bullz-I Basketballs and Sonic Snorkelz - and an off-limits sketchbook packed with all of his creative ideas, the toy invention possibilities are endless...
So, when a chance encounter with an eccentric toy inventor offers him the opportunity to go from unknown weird kid to toy inventor extraordinaire, Vincent realises that playtime is over: it's time to get serious about toys.
About the author
Tim Kehoe ist der Erfinder zahlreicher Spielzeuge, einschließlich der weltweit ersten farbigen Seifenblasen, gennant Zubbles, und wird von Readers Diggest auf der Liste der 100 besten Spielzeugerfinder der Welt geführt. Alle, in seinem Kinderbuch, genannten Erfindungen sind von Tim Kehoe selbst entwickelt worden. Er lebt mit seiner Frau und seinen fünf Kindern in Minnesota.
Summary
Vincent Shadow isn't particularly good at sports and is constantly being picked on by his classmates at Central Middle School. But it is Vincent's unusually creative mind that truly separates him from other kids his age.
Vincent's top secret attic lab is crammed with toy prototypes --from Liquid Superballs to Bullz-I Basketballs and Sonic Snorkelz--and he has a sketch book filled with drawings of toys he still wants to build. So when a chance encounter with an eccentric toy inventor offers him the opportunity to go from unknown weird kid to toy inventor extraordinaire, Vincent realizes that playtime is over: it's time to get serious about toys.
* Vincent Shadow: Toy Inventor was previously titled The Unusual Mind of Vincent Shadow.
Foreword
Written by a toy inventor, this illustrated middle-grade debut chronicles the adventures of a boy inventor's quest for fame
