Tom Swift - young scientist, engineer, inventor

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Tom Swift and Tom Swift Jr. books for young readers (ca. 8-9 to 14-15) are not in publication now, but have a history of over 100 years until recent times. I'd wager that many readers were motivated by the stories and adventures to to become scientists, engineers, and inventors themselves, for the books remained popular and even led to other popular, young reader books (Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys).
Written by ghost writers under the pseudonym Victor Appleton (and Victor Appleton II in that series), Howard Garis wrote from the beginning until 1932, and ca. 30 others the rest. Here's a summary:

Series...Years...........#books.......Series title......................Book type........ave.#pages.........Illustrations

1.........1910-1941.............40.............Tom Swift.................................hardbound.................210.......................1 at start.... 2.........1954-1971.............33.............Tom Swift Jr............................hardbound..............175-210.........1 per chapter..
3.........1981-1984.............11.............Tom Swift.................................hardbound..................190.........................0................
4.........1991-1993.............13.............Tom Swift.................................pocketbook.................150.........................0................
5.........2006-2007...............6.....Tom Swift, Young Inventor...........paperback.................160.........................0................
6.........2019-2022...............8.....Tom Swift Inventors' Academy....paperback................130..........................0...............


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tom_Swift_books
Front cover of the book Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive by Victor Appleton, beside a black-and-white plate titled Tom Leaped from the Doorway, showing a train and two men on a hillside.
 
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Here's how the covers evolved:
1st series: 1913-1941
Two book covers side by side: left, the cover of Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive by Victor Appleton with a framed illustration of a young man in a cap; right, a black-and-white interior plate captioned Tom leaped from the doorway, showing a locomotive on a hillside.


2nd: 1954-1971 (both shown are 1954, #1 and #4)
Two hardcover Tom Swift Jr. books side by side: left, Tom Swift and His Flying Lab with a jet-like aircraft over Earth; right, Tom Swift and His Giant Robot with a robot and two boys at a control panel. Both by Victor Appleton II.


3rd: 1981-1984 and 4th: 1991-1993
Two Tom Swift book covers side by side: a hardcover titled The City in the Stars showing a young man in a spacesuit before a large space station, and a paperback numbered 5, Monster Machine, showing jets and a pilot.


5th: 2006-2007 and the last series, the 6th: 2019-2020
Two Tom Swift book covers side by side: left, Tom Swift Young Inventor #2 The Robot Olympics by Victor Appleton; right, Tom Swift Inventors' Academy The Drone Pursuit by Victor Appleton.
 
I loved those books when I was young!! I remember "Tom Swift and his Flying Lab" quite well.
 
I dropped my toothpaste, said Tom, crestfallen.
 
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Is that his great-great-great niece who’s sitting in a box in the Kansas City football stadium right now, watching her boyfriend help the Chiefs to beat the Ravens?
 
"Let's go camping!" said Tom, intently.
 
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