Raging Robots

Mystical Pencil

by Dustin Evans

Alex is your average fourth grader who loves to draw. One day, Alex's father, an archaeologist, returns home from a dig in a distant country. Alex finds an old wooden pencil in his dad's bag and uses it to finish his homework. But, this pencil has mystical powers and suddenly his drawings come to life! Alex tries desperately to return the pencil to his father, but it keeps falling into other children's hands. Will Alex ever get it back where it can be kept safe under lock and key?

In the third Mystical Pencil adventure, the school play was a hit, but Sara and Alex have lost the Mystical Pencil again. Stewart found it and used the pencil to design his science fair project -- a working robot. The problem is, Stewart's robot stumbles upon the power of the pencil and decides to make himself a few friends. The helpful robot has drawn an evil robot as well and now the evil bot has created his own army. Can Alex, Sara, and Stewart defeat the robots and return the pencil to the museum before it is too late?

Graphic Planet is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades 3-6.

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a book club book- I liked how the kids problem solved, and that there were drawing tips in the back. A simple back story- that could use more fleshing out