Books, Teens, Series, Tom Swift

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Victor Appleton
The Space Hotel (Tom Swift Young Inventor)
by Aladdin (Paperback)

What Tom's about to find is truly out of this world!It's the grand opening of APOGEE, the world's first space hotel, an orbital space station designed expressly for the tourist trade. As Swift Enterprises is a major investor in the project, and provided much of the necessary technology, Tom and Sandy have been invited to be among the first guests to visit!When they arrive at the APOGEE they experience weightlessness, learn about the high-tech nature of the hotel (including the robotic wait and cleaning staff), and play a game of zero-gravity badminton. But as Tom explores the ship he begins to notice some strange happenings. And when a billionaire guest of the hotel turns up missing,Tom suspects foul play....

Victor Appleton
Into the Abyss (Tom Swift Young Inventor)
by Aladdin (Paperback)

TOM IS IN DEEP-SEA TROUBLE...Tom. Bud, and Yo are on the S.S. Nestor, a Swift Enterprises research vessel, to witness Mr. Swift testing his submersible, the Verne-1. Mr. Swift plans to use the Verne-1 to place a network of seismometers on the sea floor to detect underwater earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other phenomena that might generate tidal waves on the ocean's surface. But when an unexpected storm hits and the S.S. Nestor looses contact with the Verne-1, it's up to Tom to save his father.

Victor Appleton
The Robot Olympics (Tom Swift Young Inventor)
by Aladdin (Paperback)

ROBOTS + TERRORISTS = TROUBLE FOR TOMTom's been training his entry, SwiftBot, for the upcoming Robot Olympics -- a major event being sponsored by the White House's Office of Science and Technology. Teenage inventors from around the country will be bringing their homemade robots to compete in a series of athletic competitions. The Road Back, an antiscience terrorist group, has issued a statement condemning the event, and Tom hopes that the tight security at the Robot Olympics will keep TRB from causing trouble. But no such luck. Someone is playing dirty . . . and things are going to get dangerous.

Victor Appleton
Rocket Racers (Tom Swift Young Inventor)
by Aladdin (Paperback)

Can Tom avoid a rocket wreckage disaster?Tom is teaming up with his pals Yo and Bud to test out his new Swift-Racer, a rocket-powered plane built for speed. There's a competition coming up and Tom thinks the Swift-Racer is advanced enough to set a new record in the world of rocket racing. He and Yo can't wait to see how it stacks up to the competition. Plus the contest will reunite Tom with some of the friends he made when he competed in the Robot Olympics. But as practice for the contest gets under way, disaster strikes. Some of the most powerful planes start crashing during their test runs. To Tom, it looks like more than just faulty technology. Could someone be sabotaging the competition? Tom's going to need more than rocket fuel to figure this one out -- and he'd better act fast, before someone goes down in flames.

Victor Appleton
The Adventures of Tom Swift, Volume One
by Brownstone Books (Paperback)

Collected in Volume One are Tom Swift's first four adventures: "Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle"; "Tom Swift and His Motor Boat"; "Tom Swift and His Airship"; and "Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat."

Victor Appleton
On Top of the World (Tom Swift Young Inventor)
by Aladdin (Paperback)

HIGH ELEVATIONS EQUAL HIGH STAKES FOR TOM!Tom is headed to Mount Everest. Not only will he get some sweet practice time in on his new foil kite snowboard, but he and Bud are going to put his latest invention -- a robot Sherpa -- to the test. At Everst's high elevations they will really be able to run the Sherpa through its paces.But Tom can't quite focus on the tasks at hand because while there are always rumors of the mysterious Yeti, Tom thinks he's seen one. And what's more is that there's a nasty bunch of hunters on the prowl to capture the yeti "at any cost." Tom knows that some things are better left a mystery and vows to do what he can to protect this natural environment -- and any mysterious species inhabiting it.

Victor Appleton
The Tom Swift Treasury Vol. II
by Wilder Publications (Paperback)

Tom Swift has enthralled generations of children with his amazing adventures. Here are Twenty four Tom Swift novels in two volumes. Each of these two massive omnibus editions has twelve complete novels. So return to a simpler time, put away your cynicism, and dust of your sense of wonder because you¿re off on a series of grand adventures! Include here are Tom Swift in Captivity (Or a Daring Escape by Airship), Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera (Or Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures ), Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight (Or on the Border for Uncle Sam), Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon (Or the Longest Shots on Record), Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone (Or the Picture That Saved a Fortune), Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship (Or the Naval Terror of the Seas), Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel (Or the Hidden City of the Andes) , Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders (Or the Underground Search for the Idol of Gold), Tom Swift and His War Tank (Or Doing His Bit for Uncle Sam) , Tom ...

Victor Appleton
The Tom Swift Treasury Vol. I
by Wilder Publications (Paperback)

Tom Swift has enthralled generations of children with his amazing adventures. Here are Twenty four Tom Swift novels in two volumes. Each of these two massive omnibus editions has twelve complete novels. So return to a simpler time, put away your cynicism, and dust of your sense of wonder because you¿re off on a series of grand adventures! Include here are Tom Swift and His Motor-cycle (Or Fun and Adventures on the Road ), Tom Swift and His Motor-boat (Or the Rivals of Lake Carlopa ), Tom Swift and His Airship (Or the Stirring Cruise of the Red Cloud), Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat (Or under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure), Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout (Or the Speediest Car on the Road), Tom Swift and His Wireless Message (Or the Castaways of Earthquake Island), Tom Swift among the Diamond Makers (Or the Secret of Phantom Mountain), Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice (Or the Wreck of the Airship), Tom Swift and His Sky Racer (Or the Quickest Flight on Record), Tom Swift and ...

Victor Appleton
Under the Radar (Tom Swift Young Inventor)
by Aladdin (Paperback)

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.

Victor Appleton
Tom Swift & His Airship
by Applewood Books(MA) (Hardcover)

The boy adventurer returns and is swept up in an airship out on its trial run and headed for danger, in a reissue of a thrilling novel published more than eighty years ago.

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