Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X

** "Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X" by Victor Appleton II is a mid-20th century children's science fiction novel that introduces us to Tom Swift Jr., a bright young inventor. Tom finds himself in the middle of excitement as he gets ready for a visitor from another planet, all while battling a series of huge earthquakes and sneaky enemies who want to steal the visitor's energy. Tom and Bud struggle with a device at the Faber Electronics plant when an earthquake hits. Tom soon figures out that something from outer space is coming to Earth. While trying to solve the earthquake problems, he also faces the Brungarian rebels. Tom uses his smarts and creates inventions to fight off danger from both the quakes and the strange being called "Exman". The story shows Tom using his brainpower to protect Earth from a disaster when his intelligence is put to the test in a race against time as he attempts to communicate with the alien visitor itself. **