The Institute of Fantastical Inventions

Publisher details

Author: Dave Leys
Publisher: Harbour Publishing House
Genre: Children’s Fiction
Released: 12 September, 2018

Synopsis

Want to float around the house like a bubble and pop at midnight? No problem. Do you long to be an astronaut but are too short, too round or have poor eyesight? Never fear, the IFI is here. But when it comes to people, Leo McGuffin is hopeless. He's always destroying poor Andrea Allsop's good work.When Leo meets the boy-wonder, Edward, the pair turn boring Roger Mumble into an international man of mystery. Then they discover a dastardly plan to steal the secret blueprints of all the Institute's magnificent inventions and it's up to Leo to save the day. Which of the Institute's famous inventions can foil the spies' cunning plans and save the institute Leo loves from ruin?

About the author

Dave Leys

Dave Leys lives in Sydney, Australia. He is able to read and walk at the same time, only occasionally bumping into parked cars. He wishes he knew more about science and is attempting to make that wish come true by studying the weird and wonderful world around him. In his job as a high school teacher of English, he gets to keep in touch with the wonderful sensibilities of young people and the marvellous possibilities of language.