The Wild Robot

by Brown, Peter
ISBN: 9780316382007
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Wall-E meets Hatchet in this New York Times bestselling illustrated middle grade novel from Caldecott Honor winner Peter Brown
Can a robot survive in the wilderness?
When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is--but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a violent storm and escaping a vicious bear attack, she realizes that her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings and learn from the island's unwelcoming animal inhabitants.
As Roz slowly befriends the animals, the island starts to feel like home--until, one day, the robot's mysterious past comes back to haunt her.
From bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator Peter Brown comes a heartwarming and action-packed novel about what happens when nature and technology collide.
  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Brown, Peter
  • ISBN: 9780316382007
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.60 x 0.90
  • Number Of Pages: 320
  • Publication Year: 2020

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  • “Maybe some glitch in her programming caused her to become a wild robot. Or maybe she had done those things better than anyone could have imagined."

    Jennifer E. - 5 years 9 months ago

    “Maybe Roz really was defective, and some glitch in her programming had caused her to accidentally become a wild robot. Or maybe Roz was designed to think and learn and change; she had simply done those things better than anyone could have imagined. However, it happened, Roz felt lucky to have lived such an amazing life... Would she ever again climb a mountain, or build a lodge, or play with a goose? Not just a goose. A son. Brightbill had been Roz’s son from the moment she picked up his egg. She had saved him from certain death, and then he had saved her.” One of my second graders recommended Peter Brown’s The Wild Robot as a read aloud for our class and our school librarian resoundingly endorsed it. Still, I was a bit skeptical...technology meets nature? What could animals and robots possibly have in common? I didn’t even like science fiction! Hesitantly, I agreed but I was hooked from the first page. Much to my astonishment I realized Roz was my doppelganger! Single, not willing to settle but not getting any younger, I had begun researching embryo adoption. Roz became my role model as she adopts the egg that becomes her son, who is raised not by the robot alone but by the village of animals that come alongside them both. Although it serves as the story’s setting, no man--or robot--is an island. The Wild Robot is a celebration of the beauty in our brokenness, the possibilities in our diversity, and embraces all kinds of people, all kinds of families, all kinds of friendships. A timeless treasure and contemporary classic.

  • LOVED IT

    Kelly W. - 6 years 4 months ago

    THIS BOOK!!! I read this with my kids (9,6) and we all adored it. I couldn't wait to read the second book. Its a great story about survival! Its great for kids and adults.

  • The Wild Robot

    Michael M. - 6 years 5 months ago

    Great book to read aloud with my 3rd and 1st grade kids. They were interested the entire time.