Ada Lace and the Impossible Mission

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From Emily CalandrelliEmmy-nominated host of Xploration Outer Space, correspondent on Bill Nye Saves the World, and graduate of MITcomes the fourth novel in a fun illustrated chapter book series about an eight-year-old girl with a knack for science, math, and solving mysteries with technology.

Third grader and inventor extraordinaire Ada Lace has a new social studies teacherwho loves group projects. While most of the class has constructed regular dioramas with clay and construction paper, Ada, her best friend Nina, and sometimes nemesis Milton have built a complex scale model of an historic silver mine. But when Milton reveals that he added his old Milton touch on their project right before turning it in, Ada worries that he has sabotaged their work.

In a desperate attempt to save their project, Ada and Nina use their combined creative and technical prowess to perform a heist and break into their teachers supply closet after school.

Do the two friends have what it takes to deceive the schools security system Or will they get caught trying to pull off this seemingly impossible mission

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Emily Calandrelli is an MIT engineer turned Emmy-nominated science TV host. Shes the host and coexecutive producer ofEmilys Wonder Labon Netflix, featured as a correspondent on NetflixsBill Nye Saves the World, and an executive producer and host of FoxsXploration Outer Space. Emily is the author of the picture bookReach for the Stars, the science experiment bookStay Curious and Keep Exploring, and the science chapter book series the Ada Lace Adventures. The third book in the series was launched to the International Space Station through the Story Time from Space program. Learn more at TheSpaceGal.com.

Tamson Weston is the author ofHey, Pancakes!, illustrated by Stephen Gammell, and hasover fifteen years experiencein childrens book publishing. Sheworks as a freelance editor and has edited books by acclaimed authors such as Adam Rex, Mac Barnett, andDan Santat, among others.She has an MFA in writing and literature and enjoys running, biking, swimming, andlifting heavy things.She livesin Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at TamsonWeston.com.

Rene Kurilla is an illustrator of many books for kids, includingOrangutanka: A Story in Poemsby Margarita Engle,The Owls of Blossom Woodseries by Catherine Coe, and the Ada Lace Adventure series by Emily Calandrelli. She has written a few books as well, including the picture bookOne Springy, Singy Dayand the graphic novelThe Flower Garden. She currently lives in Bellingham, Massachusetts, with her illustrator husband Keith Zoo, their six-year-old daughter Zoey, and Yoshi the fish. Visit her at Kurillastration.com.