Itch
By: Simon Mayo
Publisher: Doubleday; Doubleday Children's
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
ISBN-13: 9780857531308; 9781446495414; 9780857531315
Subjects: Chemical elements; Adventure and adventurers; Juvenile fiction; Fiction
Description: Meet Itch - an accidental, accident-prone hero. Science is his weapon. Elements are his gadgets. This is Alex Rider with Geek-Power! Itchingham Lofte - known as Itch - is fourteen, and loves science - especially chemistry. He's also an element-hunter: he's decided to collect all the elements in the periodic table. Which has some interesting and rather destructive results in his bedroom ... Then, Itch makes a discovery. A new element, never seen before. At first no one believes him - but soon, someone hears about the strange new rock and wants it for himself. And Itch is in serious danger ...