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 half his memory. He's super strong, but super clumsy. He's convinced that he's the latest technology, when he's actually nearly one hundred year's old and ready for the scrap heap.
Can Alfie find a way to save Eric from destruction - before Eric destroys everything around him?
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
