Benjamin Franklinstein Lives!

What a creative premise. Ben Franklin was put into suspended animation for 200 years in the basement of Victor Godwin's apartment house.  A storm brings him to life and they become friends. Luckily Victor is a smart middle schooler who loves science and uses his intelligence to keep Ben functioning as they try to reconnect him with his Prometheus pals.

The writing in this book has some really good examples of sensory descriptions of setting (page 1) and events (page 26-27). I also found some great examples of Show, Don't Tell writing. The first two paragraphs show us many character traits about our protagonist Victor without "telling" us.

Kids will like the books because the story moves along and is supported with interesting schematics or diagrams. This is the first in a series by Matthew McElligott.