Victor Godwin, a seriousminded boy genius living in Philadelphia, discovers that Ben Franklin never died he was put into suspended animation, and was hidden away for more than 200 years in Victors basement! An accident reawakens Ben centuries before he was supposed to be, and theres a problem when Ben runs low on energy, he turns into a rampaging monster desperately hungry for electricity! All this while Victor is trying to take first place in the school science fair. But with one of historys preeminent scientists helping out, what could go wrong?Victor is one of the funniest nerds in childrens literature. School Library JournalA welcome diversion to pass the hours between scoring sciencefair ribbons and exploding . . . home chemistry sets. Booklist
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