Reuben Schwarz — The Whizbanger That Emmental Built

Puffin 2006 Paperback 244 Emmental is a quirky only child whose mother has recently died and whose novelist father is absorbed in his own little world. When they move to a new town, Emme doesn t make any new friends and the teacher has taken an instant dislike to her because she is named after a cheese! Strictly against her father s wishes, Emmental befriends the town s eccentric, a reclusive inventor named Chaida Manning inventor of the curious flying box that collects jam buns from the local bakery. Together Emme and Chaida design and build an assortment of bizarre inventions like the Pitchapitchapitcha and the Dingdongpingpanger. By the end of the story, Emmental s inventions have helped her outwit the school bullies and begin to earn her admiration from her peers for the first time in her life. Top corner of first page cut out. Good