The Horn Book Guide

INTERMEDIATE FICTION

Scieszka, Jon

Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor

191 pp. | Abrams/Amulet | August, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4197-1218-0 $13.95

(2) 4-6 Frank Einstein series. Illustrated by Brian Biggs. After a freak electrical storm, boy genius Frank Einstein wakes up to find two robots--Klink (a "self-assembled artificial-intelligence entity") and Klank (a "mostly self-assembled artificial almost [intelligent]" being)--in his lab. He hopes they'll help him win a science prize and save his grandfather's repair-shop business. The book features kid-friendly humor in spades, and an impressive amount of scientific know-how.

Reviewer: Sam Bloom | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2014