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by Lucy Brandt (Author), Gladys Jose (Illustrator)
The fourth hilarious book in the brilliant STEM adventure series Leonora Bolt. With glorious illustrations by Gladys Jose throughout. It's Leonora first ever Christmas on Crabby Island! Among homemade presents made out of recycled junk and boiled cabbage candy canes, she finds a mysterious invitation to a new, global invention competition: The Great Gadget Games. The ho-ho-host is her evil Uncle Luther, and the judges are Harry and Eliza Bolt. . .Leonora's kidnapped parents! Leonora HAS to enter and WIN the competition - it's got to be her best ever chance to finally rescue mum and dad, and foil Luther's schemes once and for all! All she needs is her imagination, a foolproof disguise, and help from some fellow young inventors. Violet Baudelaire meets Peanut Jones in this epic STEM-themed adventure about believing in your brainpower - and yourself.
Author Biography
Lucy Brandt is a mum of two young kids and lives and works in Brighton. She has worked for nearly twenty years in a variety of traditional and digital marketing roles, largely specialising in technology - she has poured her technological knowledge into the inventions she created for her debut novel Leonora Bolt: Secret Inventor.
Gladys Jose is an illustrator and storyteller. She graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2012, where she earned a Bachelors in Fine Arts degree, specializing in graphic design. Gladys is the illustrator of FRESH PRINCESS (HarperCollins, 2019), THE ELEPHANTS HIDE AND SEEK HANDBOOK (Sourcebooks 2020) LEONORA BOLT: SECRET INVENTOR (Puffin 2021) as well as a chapter book series for EPIC! Books.
Gladys lives in the sunny state of Florida with her husband and daughter.
