Smartest Kid in the Universe (Evil Genius #3)

by Chris Grabenstein (Author)

Meet middle schooler Jake McQuade. Jake became the smartest kid in the universe when he accidentally ate a jarful of ingestible knowledge jelly beans. But what happens when those jelly beans fall into the wrong hands?!

Readers who enjoy the action of the Last Kids on Earth books will love this fast-paced, spy-packed series that's a "rollicking good time" (New York Times) by the bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library!

Jake McQuade's the smartest kid in the universe--or at least he was. But just as his training with the secret agency known as the Consortium is about to start, Jake's jelly beans go missing! And to make matters worse, they (and Jake's genius!) might be wearing off right when he needs his smarts most!

Jake needs to solve this mystery fast. Who stole the jelly beans and why? Can Jake figure out what's going on, recover the missing jelly beans, and stop a high-tech heist before it's too late?!

From top-secret hideouts to New York City penthouse apartments to the Statue of Liberty in the middle of the night, get ready to go on a whirlwind, wild-ride adventure filled with supervillains and spies, puzzles and pirates, codes and drones, and much, much more--and don't miss the first two books in the series--Smartest Kid in the Universe and Genius Camp!

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A weaker link in a fun series.


Review quotes

Praise for the first Smartest Kid in the Universe!
A Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee
A Florida Sunshine State Reader Award Nnominee

"Clever, fast-paced and incredibly funny." —Stuart Gibbs, New York Times bestselling author of Spy School

* "Packed with wacky hijinks." —Booklist, starred review

* "Grabenstein delivers once again." —School Library Journal, starred review
Chris Grabenstein
CHRIS GRABENSTEIN is the New York Times bestselling author of the wildly popular Mr. Lemoncello series, the Welcome to Wonderland series, and many other books, as well as the coauthor of numerous 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 him at ChrisGrabenstein.com and on Twitter at @CGrabenstein.
Classification
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ISBN-13
9780593480915
Lexile Measure
660
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Random House Books for Young Readers
Publication date
May 16, 2023
Series
The Smartest Kid in the Universe
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV001000 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
JUV076000 - Juvenile Fiction | Spies & Spying
Library of Congress categories
Humorous stories
Schools
Theft
Stealing
Middle schools
Humorous fiction
Genius
Schoos

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