The Wells Bequest by Polly Shulman

The Wells Bequest by Polly Shulman

Leo never imagined that time travel might really be possible, or that the objects in H. G. Wells' science fiction novels might actually exist. And when a miniature time machine appears in Leo's bedroom, he has no idea who the tiny, beautiful girl is riding it. But in the few moments before it vanishes, returning to wherever--and whenever--it came from, he recognizes the other tiny rider: himself

His search for the time machine, the girl, and his fate leads him to the New-York Circulating Material Repository, a magical library that lends out objects instead of books. Hidden away in the Repository basement is the Wells Bequest, a secret collection of powerful objects straight out of classic science fiction novels: robots, rockets, submarines, a shrink ray--and one very famous time machine. And when Leo's adventure of a lifetime suddenly turns deadly, he must attempt a journey to 1895 to warn real-life scientist Nikola Tesla about a dangerous invention. A race for time is on

In this grand time-travel adventure full of paradoxes and humor, Polly Shulman gives readers a taste of how fascinating science can be, deftly blending classic science fiction elements with the contemporary fantasy world readers fell in love with in The Grimm Legacy.

Polly Shulman has written for The New York Times, Discover, Newsday, Salon, Slate, Scientific American, Archaeology, and The Village Voice, among others, about edible jellyfish, Egyptian tombs, infinity, blind dates, books, brains, centenarians, circuses, and film adaptations of Jane Austen novels. She edits news stories for Science magazine about fossils, meteors, the seas, the weather, and the planets. She collects Victorian hair jewelry, bakes chocolate cakes with cayenne pepper, and reads forgotten novels with frontispieces. She attended Hunter College High School, Hampshire College Summer Study in Mathematics, and Yale University, where she majored in mathematics. She's never tried to crash a dance, but she did write a sonnet-style proof for math class in tenth grade. She was born and raised in New York City, where she currently resides with her husband Andrew Nahem and their parakeet Olive.

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ISBN 13	9780147510280
ISBN 10	0147510287
Title	The Wells Bequest
Author	Polly Shulman
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2014-07-10
Number of pages	288
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