Jack and the Geniuses, Gregory Mone
Jack and the Geniuses, Gregory Mone
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Jack and the Geniuses
At the Bottom of the World

Author: Gregory Mone, Bill Nye

Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross

Unabridged: 5 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/04/2017

Categories: Children's Fiction


Synopsis

Famed educator and celebrity Bill Nye takes readers on a scientific adventure/mystery in this exciting new series New York Times bestselling authors Bill Nye the Science Guy and Gregory Mone take middle-grade readers on a scientific adventure in the launch of an exciting new chapter book series, Jack and the Geniuses. The perfect combination to engage and entertain readers, the series features real-world science along with action and a mystery that will leave kids guessing until the end, making these books ideal for STEM education. In the series opener, Jack and the Geniuses: At The Bottom of The World, readers meet Jack and his foster siblings, Ava and Matt, who are orphans. But they're not your typical kind of orphans-they're geniuses. Well, Ava and Matt are, which sometimes makes life difficult for 1twelve-year-old Jack. Ava speaks multiple languages and builds robots for fun, and Matt is into astronomy and a whiz at math. As for Jack, it's hard to stand out when he's surrounded by geniuses all the time. When the kids try to spy on Dr. Hank Witherspoon, one of the world's leading scientists, they end up working for him in his incredible laboratory. Soon, Hank and the kids travel to Antarctica for a prestigious science competition, but they find that all is not as it seems: A fellow scientist has gone missing, and so has any trace of her research. Could someone be trying to use her findings to win the contest? It's up to Jack, Ava, and Matt to find the missing scientist and discover who's behind it all-before it's too late. Integrating real science facts with humor and suspense, and featuring an ensemble cast of loveable boy and girl characters, this uniquely engaging series is an irresistible chemical reaction for middle-grade readers. With easy-to-read language presented in a fun, motivating, and accessible way, this series opener is a great book for both inquisitive kids and reluctant readers. The book also includes information about the science discussed and used to solve the mystery, as well as a cool science project about density that kids can do at home or in the classroom. Bill Nye's brand new talk show series for Netflix, "Bill Nye Saves the World" is set to launch in Spring 2017.

About Gregory Mone

Gregory Mone, coauthor with Bill Nye of the Jack and the Geniuses series, adapted Daniel James Brown’s Boys in the Boat for young readers.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bookgasms on April 24, 2017

My 12 year old son and I read books together. I am a voracious reader and am determined to instill this quality in my children. After several books falling flat lately, we picked this one up with nervous anticipation. On my part because I grew up with Bill Nye the Science Guy, and for my son he was......more

Goodreads review by Jim on October 09, 2017

Very much what I expected from Bill Nye, the Science Guy. Smart kids get a fantastic opportunity to work as assistants to a world famous inventor who is rich enough to allow them to invent & travel to an exotic location where they have to solve a mystery. As the afterword assures us, all the inventi......more

Goodreads review by Cassandra on March 09, 2017

This book was goofy and some part were predictable, but looking at it through the eyes of a kid? This book was exciting and interesting and there were a lot of fun science facts, especially about Antarctica. Would read again and would recommend for kids and preteens.......more

Goodreads review by Jean-Marie on May 16, 2019

I had planned on giving this book 3 - 3.5 stars; however, after Bill Nye's f*cking stellar performance on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver that attempted to warn everyone about the seriousness of climate change and global warming this past Sunday, I have decided to bump it up to 4 stars. I read th......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on July 21, 2017

Note to readers: Hello! I would like to take a quick opportunity to add some context to my post. I am posting this review as a requirement of a class at the iSchool at Syracuse University. For this project, I am producing several book talks that are designed for a hypothetical scenario where I am tr......more