Frank Einstein and the BrainTurbo (Frank Einstein series #3): Book Three

This is the third book in the Frank Einstein series. All of your favorite characters return, but you don't really have to have read the first two books in order to get up to speed. Frank Einstein is a boy genius inventor, with a human pal, two robot sidekicks, and an evil, (actually mostly just sneaky and mean), boy inventor nemesis.It's humor, action, science, science-fiction, and slapstick, all rolled into one. This time around Frank is trying to help his gal pal, Janegoodall, juice her fastball in order to get ready for baseball try-outs. So, we learn about the human body, including muscles, blood circulation, respiration, and the five senses. All of that comes into play as Frank noodles different ways to improve Janegoodall's performance, so the science and the antics all blend together nicely.When you combine a fine hero, an amusing sidekick, two funny robot sidekicks, a kid villain, and a chimp villain sidekick, you really have a successful recipe. The humor is aimed high and low. There is slapstick and some kid friendly gross stuff. But on the other hand, there are some more sophisticated bits involving puns and sly cultural references. It's always a good sign when there's a little bit of everything for a wide range of young readers,and it seems to me that Scieszka is especially adept at writing middle grade books with wide appeal.So, a nice find, especially for young readers with a scientific bent, and just plain good fun.(Please note that I found this book while browsing the local library's books. I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)

I bought this as a gift for and 8-year-old boy and had to go back and buy him all of the Jon Scieszka books because he just devoured them.

My 10 year old really likes this series. I picked the first book randomly and it was a hit so gave him additional books in the series for Christmas.

Loved it!

My kids (10 and 8) absolutely love this series, and I love all the fascinating science information they are picking up while reading it! We already pre-ordered the next book!

My stepson loved it

My son loved the book and finished the book in one day. He liked the first book in the series :)

My seven-year-old loves these books! He is an aspiring inventor and scientist. It took him three days to eat up the entire series!

'Can't wait for the next one'. That's what my grandson said. He started reading it as soon as he got it. He's very into science so these books are ideal for him especially with humour thrown in.

My six year old loves this series, he enjoys having them read to him as his night time story.

Neighbour was giving away books and my 9yr old son took book 1. Since then we’ve bought books 2-4 and he’s asked for 5 & 6 too. These are fun books that crack him up, but also teach some serious science to kids in an easy to understand way. We read a chapter or two daily and then discuss the science we’ve learned. Love this series.