Burton's Zoom Zoom Va-Rooom Machine: Burton's Zoom Zoom Va-Rooom Machine

Irene Haas, Dorothy Hass, Dorothy Haas. Aladdin Paperbacks, $3.5 (144pp) ISBN 978-0-671-74702-2

Burton Bell Whitney Knockwurst's eponymous invention--part rocket, part skateboard--brings the 11-year-old excitement aplenty. According to PW , ``Burton's wool-gathering ways and familiarity with matters scientific add depth to the story's frothy mix of adventure and family squabbling.'' Ages 10-14. (Mar.)

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