Alabama

Thinking Outside the Box​ **Catch that Man!** By: Brooke, Paris, and Jordan “Come on, let’s go!” shouted Fred. Fred, who was extremely intelligent, Nicole, who loves to participate in sports, and Kayli, who loved to create things reached for their latest invention, the Hover Board 4000, from their small basement in 4004. The three friends shook with excitement, for they would soon reveal their latest invention that would start a revolution across the globe. This was the perfect invention, it runs off alternative fuel, it lowers traffic congestion, and it doesn’t pollute the air! Who wouldn’t want this amazing item? Then, they jogged out of the tiny basement and leaped onto their hover boards. All of the sudden, a man appeared out of nowhere and started following them. Then, all of the sudden after riding for several minutes, a man snatched the hover boards from beneath them. The mysterious man, in all black, darted off in the opposite direction. They notified their parents immediately. Then they all leaped in the car and raced after him. They chased him all the way to Montgomery. Finally, they arrived at the state capital and the man went inside. They were all depressed. When they entered the building, they fell through the floor and plopped into a large see-through ball. It hit the ground a few seconds later and they escaped. They appeared to be in a deserted underground laboratory! They discovered that their hover boards were about to be destroyed by Robbie using a huge machine. Then, they found a rope in the corner and tied the anonymous man up. He was holding his I.D. and it said “Robby the Robber.” The heros called the authorities and received their hover boards just in time to start the Hover Board Revolution.



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**Auto Coffee** By: Molly, Savannah, D.J. and Brandon “Man! Chick-Fil-A is closed and I need some coffee!” yelled Savannah. Everyone sighed. “Well, what do we do now?” Brandon asked curiously. D.J. looked at Savannah “Well?” Savannah saw an Auto Shop “There!” she pointed out. “The Auto Shop has a machine called Auto Coffee!” she exclaimed. “What’s that?” questioned Molly. Savannah grabbed the newspaper off the dashboard. “It’s a machine that you hook up in your car and it makes coffee”. The cool thing is that, it has over 15 flavors!” The gang drove to Auto Shop and asked how much the Auto Coffee was. Luckily, the store clerk, proudly said $15.00. They bought it and Brandon and Molly hooked it up in the car. During the hook-up D.J. shouted “Cool, it’s a solar powered coffee maker. It doesn’t take up energy.” Then they wondered where the materials were to make the actual coffee. They drove back to Auto Shop; Molly dashed in the door and purchased the coffee, cups and the water. Someone whispered what flavor and they all yelled, “Caramel!” Then they drove off into the street with their coffee sighing with contentment.



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**Da Ta Da…Saving the World** By: Steven, Greg, Felicia, and Bryan The invention of the teleporter was invented in 2010. It was only used for helping people, but today a mysterious accident happened with the teleporter. “So what are we going to do today?” asked Steven. “I don’t know, but I’m going use the teleporter to visit this stimulated world,” called out Arthur. “Count me in,” said Felicia. “Me too!” said Bryan. “STOP!” shouted Steven “we only use this for helping other people, not for our own good.” They all calmed down; then a blunder with the three kids knocked down Arthur inside the teleporter and it sucked al of them into the teleporter. “Where are we?” asked Bryan “I don’t know, but it looks like we’re on a deserted island,” Arthur said surprisingly. At the deserted island they heard 100 whispers. “Who are you and where are you?’’ asked Steven “We are representatives from around the world that have been stranded here too. We’re so hungry,” said ??????? “SAY WHAT NOW!” said the four kids “Okay, don’t freak out! I’ll call Mrs.Ramsay,” said Felicia “Yes, of course, but how are we going to do that that when we are in the middle of nowhere!” screamed Steven. “I’ll send a message,” said Bryan RING, RING The text message said: We’re stuck on a deserted island. Please help. Mrs. Ramsays wondered “What are the ‘minute kids’ doing on a deserted island?” Mrs. Ramsay rushed into her lab. After she worked at the teleporter, it sucked her in. She went into a deserted island. The minute kids were there. “Where’s the teleporter and how come it stays instead of disappearing like our did?!?” asked Arthur “I only fixed it that was…” Then a bunch of the other castaways interrupted her answer and asked what a teleporter is. “We invented the teleporter to travel around the world to save people,” said Steven. “Is that food?” surprisingly asked one of the people on the deserted island. Mrs. Ramsay shared all the food that had traveled with her through the teleporter. “Just come on we have to bring you guys and gals back home,“said Felicia. Everyone travelled back to their homes. But the “minute kids” and Mrs.Ramsay weren’t done helping people around the world with their teleporter.

I enjoyed this book so much because it taught my friends and me a lot about the history of these different inventions that were made by accident. It was very interesting. What it’s about is every day materials that we use today that weren’t meant to be. I was very shocked how many there were. There were also many categories like food, medicine, and toys. Some of the foods were brown ‘n serve rolls, cheese, chocolate chip cookies, doughnut holes, fudge, ice cream cone, maple syrup, popsicles, potato chips, and sandwiches. There were also drinks like coca-cola and tea. The medications were aspirin, penicillin, and x- rays. The toys were Frisbee disc, a piggy bank, silly putty, and  a slinky. Those are only some of the accidental every day things we use. It shows you that by thinking outside of the box and turning a mistake into something new, you can make the world a tastier, more enjoyable, and better organized place. This is why I love this book. I hope you enjoy this book too.
 * //   [[image:Mistakes.gif width="235" height="238" align="left"]]  Mistakes that Worked  //**
 * By: Charlotte Foltz Jones Illustrated by: John O’Brien **