Alien in My Pocket #3 (8 page)

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About the Author

NATE BALL
is the host of the Emmy and Peabody award-winning PBS reality shows
Design Squad
and
Design Squad Nation
. An MIT graduate with a Master's Degree in mechanical engineering, Nate is also the cofounder of Atlas Devices, a two-time All-American pole-vaulter, and a competitive beatboxer. He lives with his wife in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

 

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Credits

Cover art by Macky Pamintuan

Graphic Design by Sean Boggs

Copyright

Alien in My Pocket: Radio Active

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ball, Nate.

  Radio active / by Nate Ball ; [illustrated by Macky Pamintuan]. — First edition.

       pages  cm. —  (Alien in my pocket)

  Summary: Plans go awry when Amp, the four-inch-tall lead scout from the planet Erde, uses parts from fourth-grader Zack's walkie-talkie to build a quantum radio to alert his commanders to call off the pending invasion of Earth. Includes directions for building a radio.

  ISBN 978-0-06-231493-2 (trade bdg.) — ISBN 978-0-06-221627-4 (pbk.)

  EPUB Edition MARCH 2014 ISBN 9780062216281

  [1. Extraterrestrial beings—Fiction. 2. Friendship—Fiction. 3. Radio broadcasting—Fiction. 4. Schools—Fiction.]  I. Pamintuan, Macky, illustrator. II. Title.

PZ7.B1989Rad 2014

2013037270

[Fic]—dc23

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