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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2011 | Grades 5-up
Gr 4–6—Rob Burnside is as average as a 12-year-old can be. His only claim to fame is that he is distantly related to the person who invented sideburns. His mother is always coaxing him to read, but all the books she buys for him end up in a jumble in his closet, which also doubles as his "laboratory." The sameness of Rob's life skids to a halt when someone inexplicable bursts from his lab one day. At first Rob has no ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
Robert Columbo Burnside is a self-proclaimed "pretty average kid...who can't play piano with my rear like that one genius kid, Todd, who lives do...Log In or Sign Up to Read More