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Three very successful series of stories aimed at children and teens were created by a man who had a book packaging house and didn't want to cause confusion. So, none of the stories ever had his name on them. Instead, Edward Stratemeyer hired several writers and provided them with story ideas that were then published under the pseudonym Victor Appleton. They were tales of the adventures of a teenager named Tom Swift. He was portrayed as a youngster...
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Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship is a novel by Victor Appleton, part of the popular "Tom Swift" series. The story follows the adventures of the young inventor, Tom Swift, as he builds a new kind of airship and uses it to battle a naval terror that is threatening the seas. With the help of his friends and allies, Tom travels the world, facing dangerous enemies and using his incredible intellect and resourcefulness to overcome every obstacle in his...
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Tom gets to take all sorts of cool classes at the Swift Academy of Science and Technology, but robotics may be the one he is most excited for. Their teacher is holding a battling robot tournament, and Tom has to build a machine that will come out on top.
With the final battle coming up, Tom and his friends need as much time as possible to refine their masterpiece. But the rest of their teachers have been giving so many pop quizzes that they can barely...
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Tom and his friends get to the bottom of a practical joke gone wrong in this fifth novel in Tom Swift Inventors' Academy-perfect for fans of The Hardy Boys or Alex Rider.
It's another day at the Swift Academy when Tom starts finding little troll-like figures around campus. And he's not the only one. Much to the amusement and curiosity of students, these dolls are appearing all over the school. But even after they're collected by faculty, a second...
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Tom and his friends attend a science camp in this fourth novel in Tom Swift Inventors' Academy-perfect for fans of The Hardy Boys or Alex Rider.
Every year, Swift Academy students go to a nearby summer camp to field-test their inventions. Tom and his friends have been working hard on all their projects, but they're most thrilled about Noah's new virtual reality simulation. They can't wait for it to go live, and everyone is looking forward to running...
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When your dad funds the Swift Academy of Science and Technology, you're bound to have a bunch of tech at your disposal. So no one bats an eye when Tom and his best friend, Noah, test their new virtual reality drone before class. At the academy, once class starts and the drone is parked, their brainiac friends then launch into farfetched discussions about the curriculum. And when they watch a documentary about the FBI's most wanted hackers from the...
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Tom has always tried to play down his pseudo celebrity status at the academy. So, the last thing he wants is for a reporter's son to follow him around for an article on the school. When this extends to one of the biggest field trips of the year-an overnight lock-in at Swift Enterprises-Tom couldn't be less pleased.
With his new shadow in tow, Tom expects the night to be uneventful at best. But when the facility suddenly goes into quarantine mode,...
8) Tom Swift and His Air Scout, Tom Swift and His Undersea Search, Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters, T
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Tom Swift Omnibus #8 contains a quartet of stories: In the twenty-second of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom hits upon the idea of a silent airplane engine, and continues his war effort focus. In the twenty-third of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom once again searches for sunken treasure while aboard his submarine. In the twenty-fourth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom employs his aerial fire suppression...
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Tom Swift Omnibus #3 contains a trio of stories: In the seventh of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom goes in search of man-made diamonds, but winds up captured and held prisoner. In the eighth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom flies his airship on a treasure hunt, searching for a valley of gold in Alaska. In the ninth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom designs and builds a two-seat monoplane, but the...
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In the first of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom repairs a wrecked motorcycle, then uses it to deliver some important patents to a lawyer on behalf of his father, Barton Swift. When the papers are stolen by the Happy Harry gang, Tom must find a way to retrieve them.
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Tom Swift Omnibus #5 contains a trio of stories: In the thirteenth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom is sent to procure a South American giant for a circus sideshow act. In the fourteenth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom is engaged to construct an electric motion-picture camera and gather newsreel footage. In the fifteenth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom invents a searchlight for the purpose...
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Tom Swift Omnibus #4 contains a trio of stories: In the tenth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom goes hunting for ivory in Africa, and encounters an adventurer who is trying to rescue a captured missionary team. In the eleventh of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom once goes hunting for Mexican treasure, supposedly protected by a tribe of head hunters. In the twelfth of Victor Appleton's original Tom Swift novels, Tom...
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