Runaway Robot
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Illustrated by Steven Lenton
Ages 9 to 11
02 May 2019Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Synopsis
Runaway Robot is a funny and heartwarming adventure about two best friends helping put themselves back together, from the award-winning Frank Cottrell-Boyce, illustrated by Steven Lenton.
When Alfie goes to Airport Lost Property, he finds more than he bargained for. A lot more. Because there's a giant robot called Eric hidden away on the shelves. Eric has lost one leg and...
Details
02 May 2019293 minutes
Ben Bailey Smith
9781529008371Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Reviews
a comic and compelling tale set in a near-future filled with automated buses and dust-hog street cleaners, uproariously illustrated by Steven LentonGuardian
What a funny, charming, life-affirming bookRichard Osman
Two more maestros of children’s fiction with moral compasses just as finely tuned remained surefire reads. Frank Cottrell-Boyce’s latest was Runaway Robot (Macmillan), a madcap escapade starring a boy and a delusional bot.Observer, best books of the year review
A riotous adventureAmanda Craig, Daily Telegraph
