Evil Genius: The Smartest Kid in the Universe, Book 3

Informationen zum Autor CHRIS GRABENSTEIN is the bestselling author of the Mr. Lemoncello's Library, Smartest Kid in the Universe, and Dog Squad series, and many other books, as well as the coauthor of numerous page-turners with James Patterson and of Shine! , cowritten with Chris's wife, J.J. Grabenstein. Chris lives in New York City. Klappentext Meet middle schooler Jake McQuade. Jake became the smartest kid in the universe when he accidentally ate a jarful of ingestible knowledge jelly beans. But what happens when those jelly beans fall into the wrong hands?! Readers who enjoy the action of the Last Kids on Earth books will love this fast-paced, spy-packed series that's a "rollicking good time" ( New York Times ) by the bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library ! Jake McQuade's the smartest kid in the universeor at least he was. But just as his training with the secret agency known as the Consortium is about to start, Jake's jelly beans go missing! And to make matters worse, they (and Jake's genius!) might be wearing off right when he needs his smarts most! Jake needs to solve this mystery fast. Who stole the jelly beans and why? Can Jake figure out what's going on, recover the missing jelly beans, and stop a high-tech heist before it's too late?! From top-secret hideouts to New York City penthouse apartments to the Statue of Liberty in the middle of the night, get ready to go on a whirlwind, wild-ride adventure filled with supervillains and spies, puzzles and pirates, codes and drones, and much, much moreand don't miss the first two books in the series Smartest Kid in the Universe and Genius Camp! Leseprobe 1 The clock was ticking. Jake McQuade, the twelve-year-old who'd defeated the world's most sophisticated artificially intelligent computer, solved impossible cases for the FBI, and--thanks to his newfound knowledge of geometry, physics, and human psychology--starred on his middle school basketball team, was on a mission for the top-secret agency known as the Consortium. His pale, freckled skin baked in the scorching midday sun. He was on a high-speed rigid-hull inflatable boat speeding across choppy waters with a small team of commandos in scuba gear. His mother had been right: Jake should've packed sunscreen. The commando team dropped Jake and his best friend, Kojo Shelton, on a craggy island. You two are on your own, said the squad commander, clicking a stopwatch. You have fifteen minutes to secure the package. Jake used a handheld mapping device to quickly find the target building. But inside the windowless structure, things slowed down. The place was like a dark maze trapped inside a fun house. Except this house was more dangerous than fun. Jake and Kojo followed the blinking green dot through a series of switchbacks and found themselves trapped inside a black box of a room. The instant their feet hit the floor, a huge metal door slammed shut behind them. We need to get out of this room, Jake, said Kojo, checking his glowing watch. Fast! We only have ten more minutes to secure the package. Working on it, said Jake. He was thinking. Trying to come up with a solution. Where to next? I'm, uh, not sure. What? Come on. Use your big jelly-beaned brain. This mission was, clearly, a test of Jake's superior intellect. And that made him a little nervous. Jake hadn't become super intelligent the usual way--studying, reading books, doing homework. He'd taken a short cut: Ingestible Knowledge capsules in the form of jelly beans. Jake never knew if or when his mental superpowers would disappear. He just hoped it wasn't today. 2 Oh, wow, check it out, said Kojo, rustling around inside the sleek nylon sling bag t...

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CHRIS GRABENSTEIN is the bestselling author of the Mr. Lemoncello's Library, Smartest Kid in the Universe, and Dog Squad series, and many other books, as well as the coauthor of numerous page-turners with James Patterson and of Shine!, cowritten with Chris's wife, J.J. Grabenstein. Chris lives in New York City.

Zusammenfassung
**Meet middle schooler Jake McQuade. Jake became the smartest kid in the universe when he accidentally ate a jarful of ingestible knowledge jelly beans. But what happens when those jelly beans fall into the wrong hands?!

Readers who enjoy the action of the Last Kids on Earth books will love this fast-paced, spy-packed series that's a "rollicking good time" (New York Times) by the bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library!**

Jake McQuade's the smartest kid in the universe—or at least he was. But just as his training with the secret agency known as the Consortium is about to start, Jake's jelly beans go missing! And to make matters worse, they (and Jake's genius!) might be wearing off right when he needs his smarts most!

Jake needs to solve this mystery fast. Who stole the jelly beans and why? Can Jake figure out what's going on, recover the missing jelly beans, and stop a high-tech heist before it's too late?!

From top-secret hideouts to New York City penthouse apartments to the Statue of Liberty in the middle of the night, get ready to go on a whirlwind, wild-ride adventure filled with supervillains and spies, puzzles and pirates, codes and drones, and much, much more—and don't miss the first two books in the series—Smartest Kid in the Universe and Genius Camp!

Leseprobe
1

The clock was ticking.

Jake McQuade, the twelve-year-old who’d defeated the world’s most sophisticated artificially intelligent computer, solved impossible cases for the FBI, and--thanks to his newfound knowledge of geometry, physics, and human psychology--starred on his middle school basketball team, was on a mission for the top-secret agency known as the Consortium.

His pale, freckled skin baked in the scorching midday sun. He was on a high-speed rigid-hull inflatable boat speeding across choppy waters with a small team of commandos in scuba gear. His mother had been right: Jake should’ve packed sunscreen.

The commando team dropped Jake and his best friend, Kojo Shelton, on a craggy island.

“You two are on your own,” said the squad commander, clicking a stopwatch. “You have fifteen minutes to secure the package.”

Jake used a handheld mapping device to quickly find the target building.

But inside the windowless structure, things slowed down. The place was like a dark maze trapped inside a fun house.

Except this house was more dangerous than fun.

Jake and Kojo followed the blinking green dot through a series of switchbacks and found themselves trapped inside a black box of a room. The instant their feet hit the floor, a huge metal door slammed shut behind them.

“We need to get out of this room, Jake,” said Kojo, checking his glowing watch. “Fast! We only have ten more minutes to secure the package.”

“Working on it,” said Jake. He was thinking. Trying to come up with a solution.

“Where to next?”

“I’m, uh, not sure.”

“What? Come on. Use your big jelly-beaned brain.”

This mission was, clearly, a test of Jake’s superior intellect.

And that made him a little nervous.

Jake hadn’t become super intelligent the usual way--studying, reading books, doing homework. He’d taken a short cut: Ingestible Knowledge capsules in the form of jelly beans.

Jake never knew if or when his mental superpowers would disappear.

He just hoped it wasn’t today.

2

“Oh, wow, check it out,” said Kojo, rustling around inside the sleek nylon sling bag the Consortium had given them for this mission. “There’s all sorts of cool gear in here. Duct tape. A Swiss Army knife. A pair of binoculars. Hold up. I think there’re some Hershey bars in here, too.&…