Reluctantly accompanying their scientist parents on an expedition to a deserted island, five brilliant but wacky kids decide to outdo themselves until a mad bomber shows up, threatening to sink everything.
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When five brilliant but wacky kids get dragged to a deserted island by their scientist parents, they decide to do what any self-respecting kid geniuses would do under the circumstances: beat the adults at their own game. The only problem is, before the gang can discover whether Artificial Intelligence is an impossible dream of the solution to mankind's problems, they'll have to save themselves from a horrifying death trap -- and the entire island from destruction at the hands of a mad bomber.
Fun reading for older kids, and written before the Unabomber became a cause celebre.
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Bruce Coville was born in Syracuse, New York, in 1950. His family lived in farm territory, about twenty miles north of Syracuse. Bruce grew up around the corner from his grandparents' dairy farm, where he spent a great deal of time as a child, dodging cows and chores to the best of his ability. As a young reader he loved Mary Poppins and Dr. Dolittle, and still has fond memories of rising ahead of the rest of his family so he could huddle in a chair and read THE VOYAGES OF DR. DOLITTLE. He also read lots of things that people consider junk (Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, and zillions of comic books). His only real regret is the time he spent watching television, when he could have been reading instead. (A mind is a terrible thing to waste!)
His first book, THE FOOLISH GIANT, was published in 1978. It was illustrated by his wife, Katherine, whom he had married in 1969. This was followed in 1979 by SARAH'S UNICORN, also illustrated by Katherine. After a long period of working separately, the Covilles began collaborating again with SPACE BRAT and GOBLINS IN THE CASTLE, both published in 1992.
Before getting published Bruce earned his living as a toymaker, a gravedigger, a cookware salesman, an assembly line worker, and finally as an elementary school teacher (second and fourth grades). He left teaching in 1981 to devote himself to becoming a full time writer - though it took another five years to achieve that goal!)
Bruce has published nearly 100 books, which have appeared in over a dozen countries around the world and sold more than sixteen million copies. Among his most popular titles are MY TEACHER IS AN ALIEN, INTO THE LAND OF THE UNICORNS, and THE MONSTER'S RING. In 2001 he founded Full Cast Audio, an audiobook company dedicated to creating unabridged, full cast recordings of the best in children's and young adult literature.
His first book, THE FOOLISH GIANT, was published in 1978. It was illustrated by his wife, Katherine, whom he had married in 1969. This was followed in 1979 by SARAH'S UNICORN, also illustrated by Katherine. After a long period of working separately, the Covilles began collaborating again with SPACE BRAT and GOBLINS IN THE CASTLE, both published in 1992.
Before getting published Bruce earned his living as a toymaker, a gravedigger, a cookware salesman, an assembly line worker, and finally as an elementary school teacher (second and fourth grades). He left teaching in 1981 to devote himself to becoming a full time writer - though it took another five years to achieve that goal!)
Bruce has published nearly 100 books, which have appeared in over a dozen countries around the world and sold more than sixteen million copies. Among his most popular titles are MY TEACHER IS AN ALIEN, INTO THE LAND OF THE UNICORNS, and THE MONSTER'S RING. In 2001 he founded Full Cast Audio, an audiobook company dedicated to creating unabridged, full cast recordings of the best in children's and young adult literature.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
This book is a great Science Fiction Book!!!!!,
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This review is from: Operation Sherlock (Ai Gang 1): Operation Sherlock (Ai Gang 1) (Paperback)
I liked this book a lot! I would only suggest it if you like Science Fiction. It is the first in the series, so if you read this one be ready to read the next in the series beacause it's a real cliff hanger. One reason I liked this book is it has lots of discription!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wait, weren't there four books in this series?,
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This review is from: Operation Sherlock (Ai Gang 1): Operation Sherlock (Ai Gang 1) (Paperback)
I have the original set of four (from the 1980s), but it looks like there are now only three offered. Did they combine or condense them into three? These were my favorite books in elementary school. Just curious!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bruce Coville is responsible for my obsession,
By Xenochick (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Operation Sherlock (Ai Gang 1): Operation Sherlock (Ai Gang 1) (Paperback)
I got into Bruce Coville back when I was in late elementary school, back around the time that these books had first come out, and as I look back nostalgically after years of growing up and surviving college as an English major, I give these books credit for being my first true literary obsession.There are so many various characters to identify with, an fascinating mystery and plot that grips you the whole way through, and as a child, this book fed to my endless imagination and made me realize just how exciting and amazing of a place books and writing can be. Although the A.I. Gang was my personal favorite of Bruce Coville's as a child, I give credit to him and all his books for making me want to become a writer. I recommend this book to anyone who has an imagination and cannot stand the thought of being restricted by what the immediate world offers.
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