Bøger af Robyn Collins

With the help of his nemesis, Snowball the cat, Horatio Entwhistle has finally found the solvent for his super sticky Stupendous Glue. But before the formula is perfected, Horatio embarks on a journey with his best friend Wheels to their friend Ming Yi's family farm in Gympie, where Horatio is introduced to Ming's aunt and uncle-and her cousin Grace. When a long afternoon walk ends in the exploration of a mysterious shed on the farm property, the trio finds itself in the midst of a dangerous adventure yet again. With piles of counterfeit money, fake passports, and a severed finger as their only clues, the three friends must figure out the truth. Horatio's Stupendous Glue, Wheels' super-powered wheelchair, and Ming's lock-picking skills are once again put to the test in the fast-paced second adventure of the Entwhistle Experiment series.

Horatio Entwhistle and his best friends-lock picker extraordinaire Ming, her cousin Grace, and gadget expert Wheels-have defeated many of Australia's dastardly villains using Horatio's patented Stupendous Glue. While on holiday at Nan and Pop's, they're literally struck by their newest adventure! Sailing toward Crystal Lake to camp for the night, Ming and Wheels are shocked when their boat is suddenly rammed by a large cruiser. The unfriendly man onboard accuses them of trespassing and warns them never to return. Horatio and Grace hurry to rescue their friends from the capsized boat. They make camp but wake to find their food, supplies, and glue stolen-and a No Trespassing sign posted.When Wheels uses his turbocharged wheelchair to explore the area, he overhears the angry stranger arguing with his workers about a sand mine near the lake. The four friends investigate, only to discover that the man, Mr. Jones, and his employees are dumping large, mysterious drums of liquid inside the mine.While the young sleuths are searching for clues, they're caught and ordered to stay away. They don't, of course, and are soon up to their necks in intrigue-and danger.Unstick is the unforgettable finale to the Entwhistle Experiment series.

Poor Snowball! The cat may hiss whenever he sees Horatio Entwhistle, but he doesn't deserve to have his fur dyed bright green! He also doesn't deserve to be catnapped, which is nearly what happens before Horatio, Wheels Petersen, and Ming-Yi Lee stumble across a burglary in progress. Snowball is safe-for now. But what are the crooks after?Horatio, Wheels, Ming, and Ming's cousin, Grace, decide to put their heads together to solve Snowball's secret. After their previous adventures, the four have proved they're up for the challenge. Horatio is an extraordinary inventor, Wheels a master of his tricked-out wheelchair, and Ming a lock-picking champion. Ming finds her cousin annoying, but Grace proves to have hidden talents that just might save the day! Perfect for the adventurous young inventor in your life, this book follows Horatio and his friends as they tackle challenges with logical thinking and a zeal for finding truth and obtaining justice. The Entwhistle Experiment series celebrates the friends' differences and shows how the unique talents of each one contribute to solving the mystery. The exploits of this enterprising foursome encourage kids to reach out to new friends, use their imaginations, and explore every possibility.

When 16-year-old, Jack Watson, and his three friends are chosen to compete in the Smartest Student in Australia competition they find themselves on a train hurtling through the Australian desert to Plato College, an isolated school owned by Sir Hubert Peabody. Soon Jack realises something is not right about Plato College. For one thing, all of the tutors and supervisors in charge of the 100 contestants look like robots, and the college is surrounded by high fences patrolled by armed guards.Jack does some scouting around the college complex and discovers a plot so diabolical that it puts the lives of all the students and, perhaps, the world at risk...something so terrifying it leads him and his friends on a hair-raising escape into the desert with no food and water and little chance of survival. Jack and his friends must use all their intelligence and courage to try to defeat Sir Hubert's wicked plan.

Horatio Entwhistle was five years old when he blew up his bedroom for the first time-and nine when he did it yet again. So now, he does all his lab work in a shed out back, where he is currently focused on the less explosive but stickier task of discovering a solvent for his entirely too-successful Stupendous Glue.But Horatio's experimenting is suddenly interrupted when two sinister men snatch his geneticist parents. He soon realizes that the kidnappers will stop at nothing to gain his parents' anti-aging research-and he must act quickly.With the help of Ming Yi, female lock-picker extraordinaire, and Wheels, ingenious inventor whose turbocharged wheelchair can fly, Horatio sets out to find and rescue his parents. Can the three young friends foil the abductors' devious plot before it's too late?