Vernon Bright and the Magnetic Banana

Puffin ISBN 0141305843
Also available as an audiobook (Chivers) narrated by Nigel Lambert

John Watt thinks science is boring until he meets Vernon Bright. Then he discovers that science can be interesting, weird, and just plain scary!
Why, Bright wants to know, is it that only a few metals are magnetic? Why not for example- bananas? Or worms? Or Horace the Guinea Pig?
But when one of his experiments goes wrong, turning Bright himself into a magnet, the results are catastrophic. Bright can't go near anything made of metal without it attacking him. And bashing him over the head with a cricket bat just isn't going to work!

The 2 Steves say... "This is one of those titles that went through a lot of changes. Originally, Vernon Bright was going to be called Terry Sparkes, but then Terry Deary started publishing the Sparks Files, so we had to change his name. Earlier titles for the book included Magnetic Attraction and Vernon Bright and the Hairy Worm Experiment.
Bright and Watt were partly inspired by a famous fictional detective and his bumbling friend, a doctor. Guess who we had in mind. It's elementary!"

Other people say..."This book is fantastic, exciting and funny -a hilarious read."