Do-it-yourself projects are fun. Fictional stories are interesting. How about science fiction intertwined with science projects? That is the exact description of this marvelous book. Nick and Tesla Holt are sent to their uncle’s place in California. Their parents had to go on some very important government business to Uzbekistan two days after their summer holidays started. As soon as Nick and Tesla arrive at their uncle’s house, they discover that weird things were beginning to happen to them. Their uncle had created weird gizmos—a motion-controlled TV, a compost-powered coffee maker, and many more weird things—that made living with him much harder than it usually does. The real trouble starts when the children build a rocket. When they go around trying to test it out, Tesla’s star necklace that her parents had given to her gets hooked up on the rocket and flies off into an old house that is being renovated. The story continues and is very fascinating. There are detailed projects that show you how to build interesting contraptions such as burglar alarms. There are also pictures to guide you.