The Matilda effect
Irving, Ellie2017
Book
A young girl who wants to be an inventor travels with her grandmother to Sweden to stop a rival who stole her work from claiming the Nobel Prize Matilda loves science and inventing. Her heroes are Marie Curie, Leonardo da Vinci and Thomas Edison, and one day she wants to be a famous inventor herself. So when she doesn't win the school science fair, she's devastated - especially as the judges didn't believe she'd come up with her entry on her own. Because she's a girl. When Matilda shares her woes with her Grandma Joss, she's astonished to learn her grandma was once a scientist herself - an astrophysicist, who discovered her very own planet. Trouble is, Grandma Joss was also overlooked - her boss, Professor Smocks, stole her discovery for himself. And he's about to be presented with a Nobel Prize. Matilda concocts a plan. They'll crash the award ceremony and tell everyone the truth! So begins a race against time - and against Matilda's strict mum and dad! - on a journey through Paris, Hamburg and Stockholm, and on which they encounter a famous film star, a circus, and a wanted diamond thief...
Main title:
The Matilda effect / Ellie Irving.
Author:
Irving, Ellie, author
Work:
Edition:
Original.
Imprint:
Red Fox, 2017.
Collation:
306 p. : 197 x 128 mm. 226 gm.
Audience:
Young People.Reading grade level: 9-11.Interest age level: 8-12.Interest grade level: KS2 KS3.
Contents:
p1 The 'What's this all about, then?' bitp5 The handy-handy-handp13 Thomas Thomasp21 Injustice is a man called Smocksp30 I think Granny's gone madp40 Ways to escape from a Care Homep44 The seed has been plantedp53 The ladies' bridgep63 The escape from the Care Home bitp70 The fastest milk float in the West Canterbury regionp74 Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip - ooh, me hip!p76 The White Cliffs of Doverp92 Dad's not fooledp96 Grandmama Olga's easy-peasy-lemon-and0orange-marmalade-and-leftover-bits-of-old-tea-bag fruit cakep115 Ou est la gare?etc.
Biography/History:
Ellie was born in Bristol, but raised in a hamlet on the outskirts of Southend-on-Sea by a family of avid readers. So avid, in fact, her mum enrolled her in the local library before she'd even emerged from the womb, which was awkward for all concerned. Ellie's passion for writing stories flourished aged seven, when her parents bought her a Petite Super International typewriter for Christmas, and there was no stopping her.
After studying for a Broadcasting Degree at the University of Leeds, Ellie realised there were too few home makeover shows in the world, and worked on a number of DIY and Garden programmes for UK Style. She then returned to studying and completed an MA in Screenwriting in 2008.
She lives in London.
ISBN:
9780552568371 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
321336