The Smartest Kid in the Universe Book 2: Genius Camp Hardcover – November 30, 2021 by Chris Grabenstein

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Author: Grabenstein Chris

Color: Multicolor

Package Dimensions: 27x217x408

Number Of Pages: 304

Release Date: 30-11-2021

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“Chris Grabenstein just might be the smartest writer for kids in the universe.” —James PattersonThe Smartest Kid in the Universe goes to genius camp in book two of this action-packed series from the New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library!

Jake McQuade is the smartest kid in the universe—and he’s back to defend his title! This time, he is heading off to a camp for geniuses sponsored by billionaire tech mogul (and brilliant inventor) Zane Zinkle.

But genius camp is
not like regular camp. There are limo buses, robot polar bears, and high-tech cabins with high-tech toilets! But it isn’t all fun and brain games at camp, especially when Jake goes up against the artificially intelligent Virtuoso quantum computer—the smartest machine in the universe—which also happens to be Zinkle’s latest genius creation! It’s boy versus bot in this epic showdown packed with s’mores, puzzles, action, adventure, and hilarious, jelly bean-fueled fun!
Bonus puzzle included!

Review

Here’s what people are saying about The Smartest Kid in the Universe:

”
Clever, fast-paced and incredibly funny—Chris Grabenstein has done it again.” —Stuart Gibbs,
New York Times bestselling author of
Spy School

“It’s
pure jelly-bean-enhanced entertainment and a perfect escape. . . . A rollicking good time.” —
New York Times

“Grabenstein is the author of the best-selling Mr. Lemoncello series, and this new volume,
packed with wacky hijinks, will appeal to his legions of fans.” —
Booklist, starred review

“
Grabenstein delivers once again…with a book that will appeal to even the most reluctant readers.” —
School Library Journal, starred review

“Grabenstein returns with another fact-filled, puzzle-packed, multigenre romp.
High-paced humor . . . Clever, concise, and compelling.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“This
amusing adventure also works as a humorous love letter to public education and dedicated teachers.”
—Publisher’s Weekly

About the Author

CHRIS GRABENSTEIN is the
New York Times bestselling author of the Mr. Lemoncello and the Welcome to Wonderland series, as well as the coauthor of many page-turners with James Patterson, including the Max Einstein series, and of
Shine! cowritten with Chris’s wife J.J. Grabenstein. Chris lives in New York City. Visit Chris at ChrisGrabenstein.com and on Twitter at @CGrabenstein.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

1
Twelve-year-old Jake McQuade had never flown a military helicopter behind enemy lines, but it really wasn’t all that hard.
Sure, bad guys kept firing machine guns and mortars and Hydra rockets at him, but Jake and his chopper dodged all the incoming fire.
“Well done, son!” said the general strapped in beside him.
“Just using my math and geometry skills, sir.”
“Now we need to go rescue the hostages!”
Six pulsing green dots throbbed on the holographic display projected on the whirlybird’s windshield. They showed Jake the precise location of the hostages: trapped behind the walls of a heavily armed desert fortress the helicopter was heading to.
A nasty new fireball erupted on Jake’s right. Another near miss. He jerked the joystick to the left.
“Warning,” said the on-board computer. “Fighter jet on your tail. Prepare for missile attack.”
“Two can play at that game,” said Jake. He punched in a string of code–an algorithm he’d actually written himself–that would command his starboard Sidewinder missile to execute a complex backward, loop-the-loop, boomerang shot that no chopper pilot had ever dared attempt before.
“If the next missile hits us, son, we’re toast!” barked the general. “Toast!”
“Hold off on the marmalade, sir!”
Jake punched the launch button.
The rocket streaked away in a blistering plume of white. It arced up and over the helicopter, flipped back around, and surprised the enemy jet with a direct heat-seeking hit to its tailpipe.
BA-BOOM!
“Woo-hoo!” cried Jake, doing a quick arm-chugging, hip-swiveling chair dance.
“Well don