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Our protagonist is Dev, a young inventor with a talent for screwing up – for instance, the plot of the book is kicked off by his attempt at flight ending up splattering a storefront with fermenting cheese (it makes sense in context, I swear). One of his greatest inventions is Boja bear, a large robot bear that he built to protect the village, but who ends up causing mayhem instead. This causes his older brother Santoro, a particularly ambitious member of the Youth Guild, and his mum Amy a lot of grief. His closest friends are the Space Fleet, a group of kids who often assist Dev in his schemes, foremost of which is Mina, for whom he specifically built Boja Bear. Among the adult population of the village are Bastor, the local blacksmith and head of the Youth Guild, who acts as more of a reasonable authority figure to Mayor Bumblebuss, a grumpy old man who often resorts to more extreme measures (e.g. banishment). There is also Arnold the waffle maker, Zerigauld the antiques shop owner, Ventillo the fruit-and-vegetable shop owner (also Dev's grandmother) and a whole host of other quirky small-town residents. The interactions between the characters are quite funny at times (particularly Bastor's awkward attempts to woo Dev's mum, and Boja's antics in general) and do add quite a bit of both drama and humanity to the story.