Andrew Lost

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Andrew Lost is a children's book series written by J. C. Greenburg (started in 2002). It's about a boy called Andrew Dubble who creates inventions that rarely work the way he expects them to. As of yet there are 13 books in the series, each 4 books a separate story. The 14th book is expected to be published on July 25, 2006.

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[edit] Characters

  • Andrew Dubble — Andrew is the main character of the series. He is ten years old; he apparently comes from a wealthy family, because they can afford their own helicopter and Andrew travels to various places in the world periodically. Andrew loves to invent things. He invented The Atom Sucker in books 1–4 and the Goa Constrictor in books 13–16. Usually his inventions go awry, resulting in a series of books where Andrew is constantly trying to set things right again.
  • Judy Dubble — Judy is Andrew's 13-year-old cousin. Although she doesn't like Andrew very much, she is usually stuck with him and is with him for most of the story.
  • THUDD — Thudd is a robot that was given to Andrew by his Uncle Al for his seventh birthday. His name stands for The Handy Ultra-Digital Detective. Thudd is small enough to fit inside Andrew's pocket. Thudd talks in a squeaky voice and his sentences are always preceded by a "meep" noise. Thudd knows everything and constantly points out scientific facts to Andrew and Judy. Judy is not always tolerant of Thudd's superior knowledge, and once threatened to take out his batteries if he wouldn't stop talking. Thudd's most important rule is that he must never get wet.
  • Uncle Al — Andrew's uncle is a scientist who probably has invented more than Andrew has. He sometimes treats his nephew Andrew to various gadgets (including Thudd). Uncle Al usually has a role in the plot of the story, but is not usually present while Andrew, Judy, and Thudd are off having an adventure.
  • Doctor Kron-Tox — Doctor Kron-Tox is an evil scientist who is trying to build an amusement park out of exotic animals. His methods for capturing the animals is not usually environmentally-friendly. He isn't introduced until book #8 and doesn't appear until book #12.

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[edit] Books 1–4

The first book, Andrew Lost on the Dog begins just after Andrew has finished build the Atom Sucker. He is testing it when he accidentally shrinks himself, Judy, Thudd, and a helicopter to the size of a dust mite. He and Judy are inhaled by a neighborhood dog named Harvey and spend the next few hours trying to climb up it head. However, Harvey's owner, Mrs. Scuttle, sends Harvey inside for a bath and Andrew, Judy, and Thudd fall off Harvey's body. (The second book, Andrew Lost in the Bathroom begins.) Andrew blows his Umbubble, a kind of bubble gum that can be blown big enough to accommodate a person (another of Andrew's inventions). Andrew, Judy, and Thudd float around the bathroom in the Umbubble, trying to escape and get back to the Atom Sucker. But before they can get out, they are accidentally flushed down the toilet by Mrs. Scuttle. (The third book, Andrew Lost in the Kitchen begins.) Andrew, Judy, and Thudd float through the sewer pipes but manage to go out of the kitchen drain. The Umbubble is soon puncured by the green part of a tomato, and Andrew, Judy, and Thudd have to try to get back to the Atom Sucker without it. They manage to catch a ride on a housefly and they fly outside into the garden. (The fourth book, Andrew Lost in the Garden, begins.) Andrew and Judy try to walk through the garden and get back to the Atom Sucker, while Mrs. Scuttle is having a garden party. They run into lots of garden insects and microorganisms in the garden. They eventually find their helicopter, and they fly to the Atom Sucker and unshrink themselves.

[edit] Characters

  • Harley; the name of a friendly basset hound that belongs to Mrs. Scuttle.
  • Mrs. Scuttle; Andrew's grumpy neighbor and Harley's owner.

[edit] Books 5–8

The fifth book, Andrew Lost Under Water, begins when Andrew and Judy are at Hawaii with Uncle Al. They accidentally lock themselves inside the Water Bug, a car that Uncle Al turned into a submarine. As they explore underwater, they soon discover that a giant squid is being pursued by a villain called Soggy Bob Sloggins and his robot parrot BURPP (Bob's Ultra Robot Parrot Partner) who wants to capture it. In the sixth book, Andrew Lost in the Whale, they are swallowed by a whale and escape by crawling through its digestive tract, including the stomach, intestines, and anus. In the seventh book, Andrew Lost on the Reef, Andrew and Judy explore a coral reef, and in the eighth book, Andrew Lost in the Deep, they travel to the deepest part of the ocean. At the end of the book, they discover that Soggy Bob Sloggins is not really the villain, but was hypnotized and forced to do evil. They discover that the real enemy is the man who hypnotized him, Doctor Kron-Tox.

[edit] Characters

  • Soggy Bob Sloggins; a villain trying to capture the giant squid.
  • BURPP; A robot parrot that belongs to Soggy Bob.

[edit] Books 9–12

The ninth book, Andrew Lost in Time, begins when Andrew, Judy, Thudd, and Uncle Al are in a cabin in Montana, when Doctor Kron-Tox kidnaps Uncle Al and sends him back in time to the ice age. Andrew, Judy, and Thudd run into the Time-a-tron, the time machine that Uncle Al invented, and go back in time to rescue him. They accidentally go back too far and end up three minutes after the big bang. They quickly go forwards in time. In the tenth book, Andrew Lost on Earth, they watch the Earth being formed. They stop in the Carboniferous period and rescue a boy named Beeper, the nephew of Doctor Kron-Tox, who had been stranded there by his uncle. In the eleventh book, Andrew Lost with the Dinosaurs, they stop in the Late Cretaceous period and rescue Doctor Winka Wilde, a woman who was stranded just before the extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period. In the twelfth book, Andrew Lost in the Ice Age, they make it to the ice age. There they rescue Uncle Al, and stop Doctor Kron-Tox from building a theme park with animals he captured. Then they finally return back to the present time.

[edit] Characters

  • Doctor Kron-Tox; an evil scientist who is trying to capture exotic animals for his amusement park. Doctor Kron-Tox travells through time in the Tick-Tock Box, and in book #12 we realize that he also uses the Tick-Tock Box to store his captured animals.
  • Beeper is Doctor Kron Tox's nephew. He is very friendly, but is often annoying, especially to Judy.

[edit] Books 13–16

The thirteenth book, Andrew Lost in the Garbage has been published, as well as the fourteenth book, Andrew Lost with the Bats. The story begins with the thirteenth book, Andrew Lost in the Garbage, when Andrew, Judy, and Thudd are shrunk to about an inch tall (not as small as in the Atom Sucker incident) and thrown out with the garbage due to an accident with Andrew's newest invention, the Goa Constrictor, and his classmate, Jeremy Bogart. He ends up at the city dump, and when he tries to escape, he is thrown onto a flying bat. The fourteenth book, Andrew Lost with the Bats, starts here.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] List of books in the series

  • #1 Andrew Lost on the Dog (2002)
  • #2 Andrew Lost in the Bathroom (2002)
  • #3 Andrew Lost in the Kitchen (2002)
  • #4 Andrew Lost in the Garden (2003)
  • #5 Andrew Lost Under Water (2003)
  • #6 Andrew Lost in the Whale (2003)
  • #7 Andrew Lost on the Reef (2004)
  • #8 Andrew Lost in the Deep (2004)
  • #9 Andrew Lost in Time (2004)
  • #10 Andrew Lost on Earth (2005)
  • #11 Andrew Lost with the Dinosaurs (2005)
  • #12 Andrew Lost in the Ice Age (2005)
  • #13 Andrew Lost in the Garbage (2006)
  • #14 Andrew Lost with the Bats (2006)
  • #15 Andrew Lost in the Jungle (To be published)

[edit] External links

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