Children's Fiction Science & Technology
Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur and the Best Test
- Publisher
- Simon Spotlight
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2015
- Category
- Science & Technology, Humorous Stories, School & Education
- Recommended Age
- 8 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- 3 to 7
- Recommended Reading age
- 8 to 12
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781481447669
- Publish Date
- Nov 2015
- List Price
- $7.99 USD
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781481447652
- Publish Date
- Nov 2015
- List Price
- $22.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781481447645
- Publish Date
- Nov 2015
- List Price
- $10.99
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Description
Billy Sure, twelve-year-old inventor and CEO of Sure Things, Inc., has come up with another zany invention that tells you what you’re best at in the fourth book of a hilarious middle grade series!
Everyone is talking about Billy Sure, the twelve-year-old genius and millionaire inventor whose inventions have become instant hits. Billy’s lucky because in addition to being a rich and famous inventor, he already knows what he’s best at: inventing, of course! He wants to help other kids figure out what they’re best at too, and his latest invention—The Best Test—will do just that!
But when Billy takes the test himself and the results come back saying he isn’t the best at inventing, and what he’s best at has nothing to do with inventing at all, he begins to wonder who is. And what that means for the future of Sure Things, Inc.
About the authors
Luke Sharpe is not a millionaire, but he has been trying to invent a machine that can teleport people anywhere in the world since he was eight years old. He has so far been unsuccessful but he has vowed never to give up. When he isn’t working, Luke enjoys Hawaiian pizza and skateboarding. He lives near Chicago with his wife and son (named Billy, of course), their gecko, Eddie, and their aquarium full of exotic fish.
Look! Look what I've done!! The words of an eight year old as he holds up the drawing of a vibrant red fire engine. Oh Graham, that's wonderful.
Really? Oh this is good. You draw a picture and you get a reaction. I could get into this! And so it began. The seed was planted, further watered by bedtime rituals of propping pillows up against his bedroom wall getting into bed to get lost in a family member's reading of The Wind in the Willows.
An unintended lesson learned through those readings that our intrepid illustrator still calls upon in his illustration work is that the viewer will take different things from the illustration and he will add elements to the illustration that may go over some heads, but others will catch them and smile. There's always something to look at.
A graduate of the illustration program at Sheridan College in Ontario, Graham thought he would stick around the big smoke and in addition to his work as a designer at Canadian publisher McClelland & Stewart, he would also cultivate his Flock of Seagulls hair style and work on his dance floor moves. But alas soon follicles started to recede and shoulder pads deflated, so Graham moved back to his hometown of Ottawa, Ontario to contemplate his next career move.
It was in Ottawa that Graham began his freelance illustration and graphic design career. A career that has spawned illustrations for such publishers as Orca Book Publishers, Scholastic Canada, and Meadowside Books of the United Kingdom, as well as numerous Canadian government agencies and private design firms.
He lives in Merrickville, Ontario with a circus star family: his juggling wife, a helldriver daughter, a canine cannonball, and a fire breathing cat.
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Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur and the Attack of the Mysterious Lunch Meat
The Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur Collection (Boxed Set)
Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur; Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur and the Stink Spectacular; Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur and the Cat-Dog Translator; Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur and the Best Test
Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur vs. Manny Reyes Kid Entrepreneur
Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur and the Everything Locator
Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur Is NOT A SINGER!
Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur and the Invisible Inventor
Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur and the Haywire Hovercraft
Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur Is a Spy!
Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur and the No-Trouble Bubble
Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur and the Cat-Dog Translator
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