A highly illustrated fiction series about young inventor Harley Hitch, from award-winning author Vashti Hardy. Join Harley, her robot dog Sprocket and best friend Cosmo for problem-solving adventures and mysteries in Inventia, a world where science rules and technology grows in the forest; and where exploding science projects, giant slugs and runaway robots are all part of a normal school day. The Iron Forest near Harleys home is unlike any other plants and trees grow cogs and hinges and other mechanical parts and all of Inventia depends on it. So when a strange fungus is discovered, theres a race to find a solution. Without essential parts for inventions, the town is quickly falling apart But just who or what is behind the mysterious infestation? Harley decides its up to her to save the day with chaotic results!

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Harley Hitch .

There are 256 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2021 by Scholastic .

Dee Leone is a teacher. Her interests include photography, travelling and scrapbooking. George Ermos studied illustration at the University of Lincoln. He lives in the UK.