Under the Radar (Tom Swift, Young Inventor) [Paperback]

Victor Appleton (Author)

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Series: Tom Swift, Young Inventor

Tom and his dad are in the park testing out Tom's new invisibility suit when suddenly a van pulls up -- and kidnaps Mr. Swift!

Tom is panicked -- who would want to abduct his father? A strategy meeting is held and the FBI is called. But things get tricky when it looks like the kidnapping was an inside operation. Despite the FBI's insistence that Tom stay out of the investigation, Tom and his sister, Sandy, are determined to find their father -- and whoever is responsible for taking him, whether it's TRB, their rivals at FUG, or even the FBI itself!

One thing is certain -- Tom will test the limits of science to save his family.

Product Details

• Paperback: 146 pages
• Publisher: Aladdin; Original edition (October 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416936440
• ISBN-13: 978-1416936442
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,032,408 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good read aloud for my 9 year old son., November 28, 2007

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I was familiar with the original series my own father read, so I got the first of these new titles when they started coming out. My then 8 and now 9 year old son enjoys listening to them as a read aloud. He reads well and might find the reading level a little easy compared to what he reads himself, but its fun. It strikes me to be a tad on the conservative side: the bad guys are often an anti-tech "environmentalist" group, and the role of Tom's sister is only given some credit in this most recent novel.

2.0 out of 5 stars Probably the last Tom Swift book; it's that bad, May 2, 2011

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I began reading the Tom Swift Jr. stories back in 1960 and have collected every TS book out there starting with the original series circa 1910. Unfortunately, that includes this series - a terrible abuse of the name Tom Swift. The stories are ridiculously unimaginative and the writing (I am an author so I do know a few things about the writing game) is poor at best. Where other TS series seemed to be aimed at 12-18 year olds, this entire series, and this book, seemed aimed at 8 year olds.

In this story, Tom has a new invisibility suit. His father is kidnapped, so... wait for it... Tom uses the suit to rescue his dad.

The plot line is so thin you can see right through it and the lack of writing skill exhibited is like having an uncomfortably large elephant not just in the room with you, but actually standing on your foot. Grinding down.

It isn't any wonder that they stopped after just 6 of this series.

There is better fan-written fiction out there than this book and series.

4.0 out of 5 stars The books in this series are excellent!, May 5, 2010

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Melanie Audette (Indianapolis, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This book helps readers understand how people who have thought they were "enemies" could take a different perspective and end up working together. As with other books in this series, "it is great," my son (8) says.