Pflugfelder, Bob.
NICK AND TESLA'S HIGH-VOLTAGE DANGER LAB : A MYSTREY WITH ELECTROMAGNETS, BURGLAR ALARMS, AND OTHER GADGETS YOU CAN BUILD YOURSELF
New York : Quirk Books, 2013
IL 3-6, RL 4.6
ISBN 1594746486

Nick and Tesla are a pair of science-loving siblings sent to live with their strange Uncle Newt for the summer while their parents are traveling.  It is clear they will have an unusual summer when they arrive at their Uncle’s house and are greeted by an exploding lawn mower.  Though their uncle is eccentric, his experiments are not the only strange things happening in town.  Nick and Tesla try to get to bottom of the town’s mysteries with help from some new friends and through the use of a variety of gadgets they build with household materials.  As if the mystery and adventure are not enough, this book includes detailed instructions for all the gadgets Nick and Tesla build, including an electromagnet, a burglar alarm and a rocket car!  (Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, 2015)