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Bright siblings—and amateur inventors—Nick and Tesla Holt are back for another thrill-a-minute adventure. This time a Hollywood movie is being filmed in town, but the real drama happens when the cameras are turned off. Mystery awaits behind the scenes, and the whole production may shut down unless the DIY detectives can crack the case, with the help of their friends Silas and DeMarco and a fresh assortment of homemade gadgets. Featuring instructions for all-new movie magic projects that kids can build themselves, this whiz-bang adventure is sure to delight fans of the series. Science and electronics have never been so much fun!     Hardcover , 256 pages Expected publication: May 5th 2015 by Quirk Books     My Review   I have read every book in this series. Originally I got the first book for my nephews thinking this might be a book they would like. Well it ends up that I have fallen in love with this series just ...

This is my favorite book in this series thus far. It is because I have imagined myself as a secret agent many times and wondered what it would be like. Of course, I am one of the best agents around...well in my dreams anyways. So read about Nick and Tesla trying to uncover the mystery of the stolen necklace was fun. In fact, I mind this time actually break down and make the gadgets in this book along with my nephews. I always love the drawn out picture of the elaborate plan on how Nick and Tesla are going to distract their target and solve the mystery. It usually involves an eagle. Don't worry as no real animals including eagles were harmed in the making of this book. Well I don't believe so anyways. These books are quick reads. Nick and Tesla may not wish for this but I hope that their parents don't come back anytime soon. However I would have liked to see their uncle more in the book. He is so entertaining and a skatterbrain. I loved the new addition to the group wi...

Nick and Tesla are brother and sister. Their parents have gone to Uzebkistan. They have sent Nick and Tesla to stay with their uncle for the summer. When they arrive they find their uncle covered in orange goo. He is a scientist. He tells Nick and Tesla that they are welcome to use his lab. When Nick and Tesla go investigating the neighborhood, they find that they will have to get creative building gadgets to save themselves from mean dogs and bad guys. Think the movie Home Alone. This book is a keeper. I read this book in 1 day. This book kind of reminded me of the choose your own adventure books. Not that this is one of those books but the fact that you can build some of the gadgets that Nick and Tesla use in the book makes it very interactive. You just may want to purchase two copies of this book. 1 to keep and 1 to give as a present. Besides you will want to keep a copy so that you can build all the cool gadgets. You know you will build them. This book brings back the lit...