Welcome to Litsy!

The hilarious first book in an all-new illustrated middle-grade series starring young inventor Rube Goldberg�now in paperback Grab a wrench, flip a switch, and get ready to spring into this all-new, sidesplitting illustrated series featuring a young master of machines�Rube Goldberg! With summer gone too quickly, Rube must finally face what he�s been dreading all vacation: middle school! He�s not ready for new classes, new people, new everything�and it�s really taking a toll on him. With his anxieties in full gear, all Rube wants to do is do what he does best: invent! When Principal Kim announces that the school is going to throw a Contraption Convention�Con Con�Rube is ready to show off his skills and get out of his funk! But things just can�t seem to go right for Rube: He gets banned from Con Con, his friendships are strained, and weird, ghostly incidents begin to throw the town into total chaos. But Rube has a big solution to every little problem, and he�s ready to get back on track, solve the ghostly mystery, and come up with something brilliant before it�s time to face the judging table!