Friendroid - by M M Vaughan (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Told through journal entries, 12-year-old Danny and his best friend Eric recount how their friendship begins and when they discover Eric's true identity as an androidEand his ultimate fate.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>"[An] unrelentingly funny sc-fi story." --<i>BCCB </i>(starred review)</b> <p/><b><i>Stranger Things </i>meets robots in this sweet and "noteworthy" (<i>Booklist</i>) story about an unlikely friendship between two boys--one human, one android.</b> <p/>Danny's a kid. Eric's a kid, too. He's also a robot, but he doesn't know that. <p/>For Danny, it becomes hard to ignore Eric's super strange tendencies. He has weekly "dentist" appointments and parents who <i>never</i> stop smiling. It's almost impossible to wake him up and he's always getting fancy gifts from his mysterious uncle. Danny always assumed that Eric was just a spoiled rich kid...until he discovers Eric's hidden robot reality. <p/>As the two friends dig deeper into Eric's origins and purpose, powerful forces swarm into town, and Danny and Eric are left with more questions than answers--and more danger than humanly possible.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>* "Unrelentingly funny sci-fi story."-- "BCCB, STARRED REVIEW"<br><br>"A timely parable for this generation of digital natives."-- "Kirkus"<br><br>"For middle-grade readers who are ready to fight the power."-- "Publishers Weekly"<br><br>"Vaughan presents another noteworthy sf middle-grade offering peppered with mystery."-- "Booklist"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>M.M. Vaughan (also known as Monica Meira) lives in the UK. She loves to write, to listen to Janis Joplin, and to embark on adventures of any kind. She is the author of <i>The Ability</i>, <i>Mindscape</i>, <i>Six</i>, and <i>Me and My Friendroid</i>. <p/>Antonio Javier Caparo is a Cuban-born illustrator and designer. Although much of his early career was spent in graphic design, his passion for animation and comics led him to devote himself to illustration--both traditional and digital. He has been published around the world and has won numerous awards in multiple countries. He lives in Quebec, Canada.
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