Benji Franklin: Kid Zillionaire


Book Description

After inventing a bestselling excuse-generating app, twelve-year-old Benjamin "Benji" Franklin became the world's youngest and, well, only ZILLIONAIRE. Unlike other fat cats, this tiny tycoon uses his wealth for the greater good instead of selfish gain -- because it's not all about the Benjamin!




The Normal Kid


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Sylvan has been angry ever since his parents split up. And now that an embarrassing photo has appeared in the paper, he's stuck with a lame nickname too. Charity is back in the United States after several years in Africa. And she's learning that home can be a strange place when you've been away for a while. Neither of them knows what's up with Brian. He spends whole afternoons alone on his trampoline. From the first day of school, Sylvan knows he doesn't want to hang out with weirdoes like Charity or Brian. He'd rather just be a normal kid. But when the principal gets ready to fire their favorite teacher, Sylvan, Charity, and Brian have to find a way to work together.




Felix and His Flying Machine


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Felix O'Finnegan has been an inventor ever since he was a small child. His ideas were getting bigger and bigger, but all the grownups kept saying, "No!" Felix continued to dream, invent, and build no matter what the adults said. He finally created a flying machine! Readers will watch Felix never give up on his dream as he builds his greatest invention yet! Clever illustrations and a strong message make this an engaging book for children.




Jack and the Geniuses


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A contest to find a better way to create clean drinking water turns into a mystery when one of the scientists goes missing. Luckily, Jack and his genius siblings are on the case in Jack and the Geniuses: At the Bottom of the World, first in the New York Times bestselling series from Bill Nye and Gregory Mone—featuring illustrations by Nick Iluzada. Jack and his foster siblings, Ava and Matt, are not your typical kids—they’re geniuses. Well, Ava and Matt are. Ava speaks multiple languages and builds robots for fun, and Matt is an expert astronomer and math whiz. As for Jack, it’s hard to stand out when surrounded by geniuses all the time. Things get more complicated when the trio starts working for Dr. Hank Witherspoon, one of the world’s leading scientists. They travel to Antarctica with Hank for a prestigious award ceremony—but they quickly find that not all is as it seems: A scientist has gone missing. It’s up to Jack, Ava, and Matt to find her . . . and discover who’s behind it all. In the Jack and the Geniuses series, readers join Jack, Ava, and Matt on adventures around the world to tackle some of science’s biggest challenges, including new ways to create clean drinking water, to generate clean and renewable energy, and to extend information access to the entire planet. Each book in the series includes cool facts about the real-life science found in the story and a fun DIY project. Jack and the Geniuses series: Jack and the Geniuses: At the Bottom of the World (#1) Jack and the Geniuses: In the Deep Blue Sea (#2) Jack and the Geniuses: Lost in the Jungle (#3)




I Could Be a One-Man Relay


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Danny doesn't want to practice with his relay team, but there is no such thing as a one-man relay.




Follow Your Money


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Examines how cost is determined in goods, what happens to money once it is used to buy something, and the basics of credit.




Benji Franklin: Kid Zillionaire: Money Troubles


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Benji Franklin is the world's go-to super genius. He's already saved the planet twice before, and now he's at it again. With the help of his extraordinary problem solving skills (and a solid gold submarine or two), he'll be busy stopping dangerous underwater earthquakes and catching outer-space cyber criminals! But with balancing saving the world and doing his homework, are there some problems too challenging for even the Kid-Zillionaire?




Money Troubles


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This compilation of two separately published works, tells of two of Benji Franklin's missions--solving an earthquake problem in the Pacific Ocean, and a massive cyber theft using satellites.




Buying Stocks (and Solid Gold Submarines!)


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Deep-sea mining for gold and silver has triggered a chain of dangerous earthquakes, and it's up to Benji Franklin and his fantastic problem solving skills to put an end to the shakeups and save the nearby islands from disaster. Will Benji's super-smarts alone be enough to quiet the underwater tremors, or are some problems too big for even the Kid-Zillionaire?




Investing Well (In Supersonic Spaceships!)


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A wave of cyber crime using outer space satellites has hit the world's biggest companies, and now millions of dollars are missing! Normally this cosmic crime would be no sweat for Kid-Zillionaire Benji Franklin and his out-of-this-world problem solving skills, but there's a problem: his parents won't let him miss any more school! Can Benji ace his schoolwork AND save Earth from the digital thieves?