num_pages: 32
description: Whats it like growing up in a town founded by inventors? On Saturdays the adults open the doors of the Invent-o-Drome and give local children free rein to create whatever gadgets they can think up. Hypno-Goggles a Rocket Chair a homework-eating robo-dog  the can-do kids of Marveltown are never at a loss for ideas. But when an unfortunate short circuit causes a group of giant robot workers to go berserk  and the adults flee for their lives  are the kids ready to put their know-how to the test? In his first book for children veteran illustrator Bruce McCall has crafted a tale of ingenuity and mayhem with pictures that pop with retro charm and crackerjack wit.
language: English
title: Marveltown
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)