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Books in The Genius Files series

  • Never Say Genius

    Dan Gutman

    Audio CD (Blackstone Audio, Sept. 1, 2013)
    [Read by Michael Goldstrom] Thrills, spills, and cheating death are just part of an average day on a not-so-average summer vacation for these two smarty-pants siblings. Coke and Pepsi McDonald are still stuck on the wacky family road trip that began in Mission Unstoppable, and now a brand-new evil mastermind is trying to kill them! Coke and Pepsi McDonald never asked to be geniuses. They never asked to get lowered into a basket of boiling French fries, either. And they certainly never asked to be frozen in soft-serve ice cream, stampeded in a wild stadium riot, or kidnapped on a high-speed roller coaster. But that's what happens when a red-haired villain named Archie Clone is chasing you across America. This just might be the most dangerous road trip in history -- and the most awesome! Want to join in the fun? Fire up the old Google Maps and follow the McDonald twins as they get chased from the National Mustard Museum to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And whatever you do -- never say genius.
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  • Mission Unstoppable

    Dan Gutman, Michael Goldstrom

    MP3 CD (Blackstone on Brilliance Audio, Aug. 7, 2018)
    Coke and Pepsi McDonald didn't want to jump off a cliff. They didn't want to get hit by poisoned darts from blowguns either. And they certainly don't want to get locked in their burning school, thrown into a pit at the top of a sand dune, or drowned in a vat of liquefied Spam. But what are you supposed to do when you're being chased across the country by your insane health teacher and two guys in bowler hats who are trying to kill you? One thing's for sure, it'll be a snap for Coke and Pep to write their essays on "How I Spent My Summer Vacation."Want to join in the fun? Fire up the old Google Maps and follow the McDonald twins as they get chased from the Pez museum to the largest ball of twine in the world. And watch out for the Frisbee grenades!
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  • License To Thrill

    Dan Gutman

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, March 1, 2016)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The wackiest road trip in history comes to an action-packed conclusion in book five of the New York Times bestselling Genius Files series. When we last left our heroes, twins Coke and Pepsi McDonald were in Roswell, New Mexico, and they had just seen a strange beam of light. Now their cross-country road trip is about to take a detour that's out of this world-literally! Once the twins get their feet back on the ground, they embark on the final leg of their trip, which will take them from the Hoover Dam all the way to the Golden Gate Bridge. Chased by nefarious villains, the twins will be trapped with a venomous snake, pushed through a deadly turbine, and thrown into a volcano. And craziest of all, their parents might finally believe them!
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  • Mission Unstoppable

    Dan Gutman, Michael Goldstrom

    Audio CD (Blackstone Audio, Aug. 1, 2013)
    [Read by Michael Goldstrom] Coke and Pepsi McDonald didn't want to jump off a cliff. They didn't want to get hit by poisoned darts from blowguns either. And they certainly don't want to get locked in their burning school, thrown into a pit at the top of a sand dune, or drowned in a vat of liquefied SPAM. But what are you supposed to do when you're being chased across the country by your insane health teacher and two guys in bowler hats who are trying to kill you? One thing's for sure, it'll be a snap for Coke and Pep to write their essays on ''How I Spent My Summer Vacation.'' Want to join in the fun? Fire up the old Google Maps and follow the McDonald twins as they get chased from the Pez museum to the largest ball of twine in the world. And watch out for the Frisbee grenades!
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  • You Only Die Twice

    Dan Gutman

    Audio CD (Blackstone Audio, Oct. 1, 2013)
    [Read by Michael Goldstrom] The most dangerous road trip in history continues for thirteen-year-old twins Coke and Pepsi McDonald. Just when they think they are safe, the McDonald twins are chased by an evil Elvis impersonator, trapped in a pool of flesh-eating soda pop, nearly pulverized in a giant shredder, and crushed in a turbo-charged carnival ride. Worst of all, no one believes them! -- Will they make it out alive? Will they ever find out who's really after them? All bets are off in this explosive third book in the 'Genius Files' series.
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  • From Texas With Love

    Dan Gutman

    Audio CD (Blackstone Audio, Jan. 28, 2014)
    [Ages 10-12][Read by Michael Goldstrom]After their explosive escape at Graceland, twins Coke and Pepsi are ready to resume their trip across America--but in a convertible instead of the RV. They travel through Arkansas and Oklahoma, visiting weird-but-true tourist stops along the way, and finally end up in Texas, home of the Weird Capital of the Country: Austin. The twins' many enemies--the bowler dudes, Mrs. Higgins, and Dr. Warsaw--all swear they're done chasing Coke and Pepsi for good. But when the twins start receiving more codes and ciphers from a mysterious robotic voice, they know someone's after them. They just have to figure out who before the mystery villain finds them first.
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  • You Only Die Twice

    Dan Gutman

    Library Binding (Turtleback, Dec. 23, 2013)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The most dangerous road trip in history continues in the wacky third book of Dan Gutman's New York Times bestselling The Genius Files series, following twins Coke and Pepsi McDonald as they dodge nefarious villains all the way to Graceland. With the real-kid humor that has earned him millions of readers around the world, and featuring all new weird-but-true locations around America, this third book in the New York Times bestselling Genius Files series is one wild ride! The genius twins Coke and Pepsi have narrowly escaped a vat of a Spam, a pit of boiling fry oil, and a score of crazed adults all bent on killing them. But just when they thought they were safe, their arch nemesis Dr. Herman Warsaw reappeared, engaged to their Aunt Judy! Whoa-didn't he die already?! Now, as the twins continue their family road trip from Washington D.C. through the South, it will take every bit of their genius abilities to outwit their wacky enemies. It doesn't help that their parents remain totally oblivious! When they finally get to Graceland, Elvis's home in Memphis, Tennessee, Coke and Pepsi come to an explosive conclusion you'll have to read to believe!
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  • You Only Die Twice

    Dan Gutman

    MP3 CD (Blackstone Audio, Oct. 1, 2013)
    [MP3-CD audiobook format in Vinyl case.] [Read by Michael Goldstrom] The most dangerous road trip in history continues for thirteen-year-old twins Coke and Pepsi McDonald. Just when they think they are safe, the McDonald twins are chased by an evil Elvis impersonator, trapped in a pool of flesh-eating soda pop, nearly pulverized in a giant shredder, and crushed in a turbo-charged carnival ride. Worst of all, no one believes them! -- Will they make it out alive? Will they ever find out who's really after them? All bets are off in this explosive third book in the 'Genius Files' series.
  • The Genius Files: Mission Unstoppable

    Dan Gutman

    Hardcover (HarperCollins, Jan. 25, 2011)
    In eight days, Coke and Pepsi McDonald are going to turn thirteen. Before then, they'll jump off a cliff, get trapped in the locked basement of their burning school, chased cross-country by murderous lunatics, left for dead in the pit of a sand dune, forced to decipher mysterious coded messages, thrown into a giant vat of SPAM, and visit the world's largest . . . ball of twine! There's more, but if we told you here, we'd have to kill you. Megapopular author Dan Gutman brings on the excitement with an action-packed new series that's nothing short of dynamite. Join Coke and Pep on their quest to uncover just what it means to be part of The Genius Files . . . if you dare!
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  • Mission Unstoppable

    Dan Gutman

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Dec. 27, 2011)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Coke and Pepsi McDonald aren't thrilled about their family's summer vacation plans. But when strange men in bowler hats appear on the last day of school, shooting at he twins with poisoned darts and chasing them off a cliff, a quick getaway sounds like a good idea. Turns out Coke and Pep are part of a top secret organization called the Genius files and someone is determined to kill them before they turn 13.
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  • The Genius Files #2: Never Say Genius

    Dan Gutman

    Hardcover (HarperCollins, Jan. 24, 2012)
    Today is Coke and Pepsi McDonald's thirteenth birthday. Someone's out to make sure they never make it to thirteen and a half.Racing across America,the twins will nearly beboiled alivein a huge basket of french fries,frozen to deathby soft-serve ice cream,stampededin a wild stadium riot,kidnappedfrom a high-speedroller coaster, andworst of alltheir parents thinkthey're totally joking!Will they survive? Will they defeat Archie Clone? Will they be dropped out of a helicopter onto the tip of the Washington Monument? Will they ever say "genius"?
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  • You Only Die Twice

    Dan Gutman

    Audio CD (Blackstone Audio, Oct. 1, 2013)
    [Library Edition Audiobook CD in sturdy Vinyl case.] [Read by Michael Goldstrom] The most dangerous road trip in history continues for thirteen-year-old twins Coke and Pepsi McDonald. Just when they think they are safe, the McDonald twins are chased by an evil Elvis impersonator, trapped in a pool of flesh-eating soda pop, nearly pulverized in a giant shredder, and crushed in a turbo-charged carnival ride. Worst of all, no one believes them! -- Will they make it out alive? Will they ever find out who's really after them? All bets are off in this explosive third book in the 'Genius Files' series.
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