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Gr 4–7—Boy Technonaut Jasper Dash enlists the help of his friends to find his missing...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Jasper Dash, Boy Technonaut, was once famous -- the hero of a series of adventure books and the inventor of rocket cars, submarines, and a bicycle that drilled to the center of the Earth. Now, however, nobody reads his books, and he feels that time has passed him by, even though he's only thirteen ("or about a hundred, depending on how you counted"). For the school science fair, he invents what he thinks is the world's first fully mobile telephone (nuclear-powered and the size of a truck) onl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Jasper Dash, Boy Technonaut, builds a transporter to beam himself to another planet. He's captured by the Dirrillill, a creature plan...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

The zany plot—set in the present day—shows M. T. Anderson’s affection for classic adventure novels even as he parodies them for being outdated. In particular, Jasper’s old-fashioned ideas (he believes his giant, nuclear-powered science project is the first mobile telephone ever invented); slang (“gizmo,” “billy-o,” “dandy”); and earnestness (he doesn’t seem to understand irony) are great send-ups of the genre. Hilarious writing propels the fast-paced tale. Jasper tells the being he believes to be his father that the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More