Science fair
By: Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson
Contributors: Pearson, Ridley; Gigante, Phil
Edition: Unabridged ed.
Series: Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Publisher: Brilliance Audio; Distributed by Recorded Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Grand Haven, MI; Prince Frederick, MD
Language: eng
Format: [sound recording] /
ISBN-13: 9781455802463
Subjects: Politics and government; Computer hackers; Hackers; Middle schools; Juvenile fiction; Fiction; Schools; Contests; Science projects; Spies
Description: "Every year Hubble Middle School holds a big science fair, which all the students have to enter. It's very competitive: The first prize is $5,000 cash, donated by a Hubble alum who's an Internet billionaire. The problem is, the prize is always won by rich kids from Manor Estates who cheat -- their hyper-ambitious parents hire 'coaches' who do the work for the kids, so the kids will have good resumes for college. It turns out that one of the 'coaches' is a thug from the country of Kprshtskan -- a country with no vowels. He's actually helping the kids to build components to an EMD -- electro-magnetic device -- that will render all computer chips in the DC area useless, shutting down the federal government. This, under the cover of a middle school science fair, relying on the insane competitiveness of the rich parents to actually pay to construct this device. Our heroes figure this out, but of course nobody believes them -- they're just fighting dirty and trying to get the ME kids disqualified. They have to disarm the weapon before it's effective and expose the agents from Kprshtskan. And of course, by doing so, win the science fair and the money prize"--Publisher's web site.
Notes: Compact discs.

Duration: ca. 9:00:00.

Read by Phil Gigante.

009-012.