{"product_id":"project-first-flight-putney-hicks-inventor-adventures-book-3","title":"Project First Flight: Putney Hicks Inventor Adventures–Book 3","description":"Nancy Drew meets MacGyver — and this time, someone from MIT is watching.\n\nShe won the boat design. She lost the race. And her nemesis just moved in next door.\nGOLD MEDAL — 2023 BookFest Book Awards GOLD MEDAL — 2024 Literary Titan FINALIST — 2022 Wishing Shelf Book Awards\n\nTo strengthen her skills, she’ll turn to the scientific method. But can this middle schooler also learn how to mend a broken relationship?\n\nPutney Hicks’s worst swimming nightmare has finally come true. After a rough practice leaves her with little confidence, she’s forced to face her biggest fear at the upcoming swim meet — her weakest stroke. But when she finds out she’ll be racing against her former best friend, the pressure skyrockets.\n\nDetermined to improve, Putney dives into a new project involving monarch butterflies and a high-tech hummingbird droid to analyze the science of flight. But as she makes progress with her experiments, things start to spiral: her robotic bird is being followed by mysterious drones, and her nemesis moves in next door.\n\nCan Putney use her STEM skills to overcome the pressure of the race, fix a broken friendship, and solve the mystery behind the drones — all while aiming for a gold medal?\n\nProject First Flight is the action-packed third book in the Putney Hicks Inventor Adventures series — a captivating blend of cutting-edge science, high-stakes competition, and the power of friendship.\n\nReady to soar? Buy Project First Flight now and join Putney as she takes her next big leap into the world of invention, mystery, and determination!\n\nWhat readers are saying — 5 STARS\n\n\"No one ever told Putney Hicks that she couldn't do something. Putney is unstoppable.\"\n\n\"My only regret is that this series was not around when my sons were young. We need more engineers, especially young women.\"\n\n\"The ten-year-old snatched my Kindle away from me. She disappeared under her bed and was ensconced except when I coaxed her out for meals.\"\n\n\"Keep working at it. Visualize yourself doing it. Keep that self-talk positive. You can do this. You will get it. You'll see, one day it'll just click.\" — Emily-Jane Hills Orford, Readers' Favorite\n\n\"Couldn't ask for a better middle school girl role model. Plus I learned some real science about the physics of swimming and flying.\"\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1958251054\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: PKV.1958251054.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Tufft, Marsha\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras aren't guaranteed—but the story's all there!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aspen Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52526190756127,"sku":"PKV.1958251054.G","price":16.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0894\/0470\/3007\/files\/1958251054-0.jpg?v=1778261940","url":"https:\/\/www.aspenbookco.com\/products\/project-first-flight-putney-hicks-inventor-adventures-book-3","provider":"Aspen Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}