Jace Tanna is having the best summer holidays of his life! Incredibly, he has been allowed to help out at the Mash-Up Championship - a thrilling series of electric, recycled car races through the wild terrain of Rumblemore Island, where Jace lives. The Mash-Up racers are powered by electricity, sourced from renewable energy generated by wind, waves, sun - and the island's smouldering volcano, Mount Rumblemore. All cars are made using recycled parts and the races are planned by the austere Mr Murcan who maps the routes and adds extra challenges - tricky traps and exciting obstacles. Jace is thrilled just to be sweeping the floor for the teams - but then something even more amazing happens. Team Hippo ask Jace to work for them after their mechanic is taken ill - and Jace gets the chance to prove what a brilliant machine-fixer he is, and to become great friends with Team Hippo's daring young navigator, a girl called Lexie. Can the youngest mechanic and navigator in the history of the competition beat the most famous driver of all, Deesol Dragg? Perhaps, but only if they can first prove that Dragg is not even abiding by the rules ...

Fast-paced, rip roaring action, which appeals to reluctant as well as avid readers

About the Author
Tyler Byrd has been tinkering with machines for his entire life, having dismantled his first engine aged 12! He enjoys a career as a journalist focusing on mechanical innovation. This is his debut story. N.S Blackman is a London-based writer, illustrator and dad of two. He is a popular visitor to libraries, museums and primary schools across the UK - and has even toured elementary schools in Los Angeles. His Dinoteks series is popular with emergent readers and with reluctant readers. The Dinoteks books have been featured by Hodder Education - as an example of compelling story telling. The series is a hit with teachers, librarians, parents and children because they encourage children to read for pleasure. Freedom for Bron - Nigel's Saxon historical fiction - is a gripping adventure set in Anglo-Saxon times. It was shortlisted for the James Reckitt Hull Children's Book Award. Freedom for Bron is popular with teachers who are covering the Saxons as KS2. Nigel is a huge Dr Who fan and he is excited to be releasing a science fiction book featuring a school-visiting alien-librarian. Undercover Alien will be published in August 2023.


Book Information
ISBN 9781999336325
Author Ty Byrd
Format Paperback
Page Count 168
Imprint Dinosaur Books Ltd
Publisher Dinosaur Books Ltd