Name: Itch
ISBN: 9781454905097

Simon Mayo

When fourteen-year-old Itchingham "Itch" Lofte discovers a new radioactive element, he must use all of his wits and scientific knowledge to stop a top-secret government agency, his greedy teacher, and an evil corporation from getting hold of it.

The Explosive Adventures of an Element Hunter

Itch

Nadine 

Really enjoyed this - rollicking adventure story involving science for a change. Good strong female protagonists- both on the good & bad side

After almost poisoning his whole class with arsenic gas, going on the run from a psychotic science teacher and nearly dying of radiation poisoning, life is getting back to normal for Itchingham Lofte - at least, as normal as it can be when you have a round-the-clock detail of government security guards watching your every move. But sinister forces are still hunting for Element 126 and will stop at nothing to find out where Itch has hidden the precious radioactive rocks.

Itch The Explosive Adventures of an Element Hunter