Rabbit & Robot - by Andrew Smith (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Stranded aboard the lunar cruise ship Tennessee, Cager Messer and his best friend, Billy, both sixteen, are surrounded by insane robots while watching thirty simultaneous wars turn Earth into a toxic wasteland.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>"This provocative jaunt...dissects society, technology, othering, and what makes humanity human." --<i>Publishers Weekly </i>(starred review)<br> "An unpredictable, gross, and prescient rumination on modernity, media consumption, and machine-aided communication." --<i>Booklist </i>(starred review)</b> <p/><b>Told with Andrew Smith's signature dark humor, <i>Rabbit & Robot </i>tells the story of Cager Messer, a boy who's stranded on the <i>Tennessee--</i>his father's lunar-cruise utopia--with insane robots.</b> <p/>To help him shake his Woz addiction, Billy and Rowan transport Cager Messer up to the <i>Tennessee</i>, a giant lunar-cruise ship orbiting the moon. Meanwhile, Earth, in the midst of thirty simultaneous wars, burns to ash beneath them. And as the robots on board become increasingly insane and cannibalistic, and the Earth becomes a toxic wasteland, the boys have to wonder if they'll be stranded alone in space forever. <p/>In <i>Rabbit & Robot</i>, Andrew Smith, Printz Honor author of <i>Grasshopper Jungle</i>, makes you laugh, cry, and consider what it really means to be human.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>* "Readers will enjoy unraveling the meaning within this provocative jaunt... which dissects society, technology, othering, and what makes humanity human."-- "Publishers Weekly, STARRED review"<br><br>* "Smith has woven an unpredictable, gross, and prescient rumination on modernity, media consumption, and machine-aided communication... Those delving into Smith's zany dystopia will find much to laugh and gasp at, including comedia and serious musings upon sex and violence. But most of all, they will find many deep, essential questions worth pondering."-- "Booklist, STARRED review"<br><br>[A] sci-fi romp.-- "Kirkus Reviews"<br><br>Smith's ambitious world-building, which features extended metaphorical riffs on consumerism, class, social media outrage, sexual harassment, and violence, is wildly creative.-- "Horn Book Magazine"<br><br>Smith's trademark humor and gonzo storytelling is on full display here... a story about what makes us human.-- "School Library Journal"<br>
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