TY - BOOK AU - Keating,Jess AU - Marlin,Lissy TI - Nikki Tesla and the ferret-proof death ray T2 - Elements of genius SN - 9781338295214 PY - 2019/// CY - New York PB - Scholastic Press KW - Mystery and detective stories KW - Gifted persons KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Private schools KW - Inventions KW - Weapons KW - Fathers and daughters KW - Secrecy KW - Secrets KW - Fiction KW - Genius KW - Schools KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - lcgft N2 - Nikki Tesla is a genius, so mostly she finds school boring, and amuses herself by inventing things, like her mysterious missing father; trouble is most of her inventions have serious, lethal potential (like the death ray, which just blew a hole in her floor); so she and her ferret are hustled off to the special Genius Academy with classmates who are equally exceptional, although she still worries about fitting in--but when her death ray disappears she has something bigger to worry about: who took it and what are they planning to do? ER -