by Luke Sharpe
Leave it to Manny to snap me out of my funk and get me excited about a new invention. Now, of course, all I have to do is invent it!
LUKE SHARPE is not a millionaire, but he has been trying to invent a machine that can teleport people anywhere in the world since he was eight years old. He has so far been unsuccessful but he has vowed never to give up. When he isn’t working, Luke enjoys Hawaiian pizza and skateboarding. He lives near Chicago with his wife and son (named Billy, of course), their gecko, Eddie, and their aquarium full of exotic fish.
GRAHAM ROSS has grand plans for world domination through his illustrated inventions. Right now he’s having a “ball” hanging out with Billy Sure, the next sure thing! Graham lives in a little log home in the woods with his inventive family, just outside of Merrickville, Canada.
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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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First Simon Spotlight paperback edition September 2015
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Copyright © 2015 by Simon & Schuster, Inc. Text by Michael Teitelbaum. Illustrations by Graham Ross. All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.
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Jacket designed by Jay Colvin
Jacket Illustrated by Graham Ross
Jacket Illustrations Copyright © 2015 by Simon & Schuster, Inc.
The text of this book was set in Minya Nouvelle.
ISBN 978-1-4814-4762-1 (hc)
ISBN 978-1-4814-4761-4 (pbk)
ISBN 978-1-4814-4763-8 (eBook)
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014954731