Rube Goldberg and His Amazing Machines

The hilarious first book in an all-new illustrated middle-grade series starring young inventor Rube Goldbergnow in paperback Grab a wrench, flip a switch, and get ready to spring into this all-new, sidesplitting illustrated series featuring a young master of machinesRube Goldberg! With summer gone too quickly, Rube must finally face what hes been dreading all vacation: middle school! Hes not ready for new classes, new people, new everythingand its really taking a toll on him. With his anxieties in full gear, all Rube wants to do is do what he does best: invent! When Principal Kim announces that the school is going to throw a Contraption ConventionCon ConRube is ready to show off his skills and get out of his funk! But things just cant seem to go right for Rube: He gets banned from Con Con, his friendships are strained, and weird, ghostly incidents begin to throw the town into total chaos. But Rube has a big solution to every little problem, and hes ready to get back on track, solve the ghostly mystery, and come up with something brilliant before its time to face the judging table!