Ruby Goldberg's Bright Idea (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781442480278)

Ruby wants first prize at the fifth grade science fair--and she thinks her quirky, creative, Rube Goldberg-esque invention is just the way to get it!

Ten-year-old Ruby Goldberg is determined to win her school science fair and beat her nemesis Dominic Robinson. She's snagged second place for the last two years, and she's set on claiming first prize. The only trouble is that Ruby has no ideas. When her grandfather's beloved basset hound dies, Ruby thinks of the perfect thing that will cheer him up and win her first place--an innovative, state-of-the-art, not-to-be-duplicated Ruby Goldberg invention!

Before long Ruby is so busy working on her idea that she ignores everything else in her life, including her best friend, Penny. And what started out as simple turns into something much more complicated! Can Ruby get her priorities--and the mechanisms of her project--in order before it's too late?

Author: Anna Humphrey
ISBN-10: 1442480270
ISBN-13: 9781442480278
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 12/31/2013
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 0.70d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.3
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 164790 / Ruby Goldberg's Bright Idea


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001
Publishers Weekly 02/10/2014
School Library Journal 04/01/2014 pg. 148
Booklist 04/01/2014 pg. 90
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2014 pg. 88