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Adventures in a Video Game: Never Trust a Robot
In the next installment of Adventures in a Video Game, Diego and his new friends, including a robot, must solve Guntir Island’s many mysteries before the clock hits zero.
With its beautiful coral reef, lush jungle, and powdery white beach, Guntir Island is paradise. Too bad it’s going to explode in two hours.
Diego has just arrived on Guntir Island with no memory of how he got there, where he’s from, or even who he is. Now, he must team up with five other kids in the same predicament to defuse the bomb. Their guide on this deadly mission will be Robbie, a frustratingly friendly robot who definitely knows more than he’s letting on. Can Diego and his new friends solve Guntir Island’s many mysteries before the clock hits zero?
For readers 8-12, by author Dustin Brady and illustrator Jesse Brady.
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The Wild Robot
Can a robot survive in the wilderness?
When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is all 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.
For readers 8-12.
