More toys, more pressure, and more mystery in this exciting sequel to Vincent Shadow: Toy Inventor! After winning the annual Whizzer Toys Invention Contest, twelve-year-old Vincent Shadow can't wait to start his once-in-a-lifetime internship with the renowned Mr. Whiz. Vincent wants to come up with an idea that will make toy history-but he can't even think of one that will impress his little sister! In this sequel to Vincent Shadow: Toy Inventor, toys and trouble go hand in hand as Vincent faces the ultimate test: Save Whizzer Toys or disappoint kids everywhere.
Tim Kehoe is the author of the Vincent Shadow series and the upcoming Furious Jones series. Tim is also the inventor of numerous toy products, including the world's first colored bubbles, called Zubbles, and he was recently named one of America's 100 Best by Reader's Digest. In 2005, Zubbles was awarded the Popular Science Grand Prize for Innovation.
Finished reading this to my son last night. He really enjoyed it (he gives it 5 stars) and I thought it was okay. It was the story of a boy inventor who who wins an internship at his favorite toy company in a toy inventing competition, then struggles to solve the problems that pop up when he arrives.