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1) Dogtown
Author
Series
Dogtown books volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From beloved authors Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko and with illustrations from Wallace West, Dogtown is at once an uplifting story and a page-turning adventure, sure to find a forever home in readers' hearts. Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have outgrown them. Chance, a real dog, has been in Dogtown since her owners unwittingly left her with irresponsible dog-sitters who skipped...
2) See Otto
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Otto the robot lands on Earth, where he confronts an angry rhino and befriends two artistic monkeys.
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 6
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The New York Times bestselling security droid with a heart (though it wouldn't admit it!) is back in Fugitive Telemetry! Having captured the hearts of readers across the globe (Annalee Newitz says it's "one of the most humane portraits of a nonhuman I've ever read") Murderbot has also established Martha Wells as one of the great SF writers of today. No, I didn't kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn't dump the body in the station mall. When Murderbot...
Author
Series
Frank Einstein volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Frank Einstein (kid-genius scientist and inventor) and his best friend, Watson, along with intelligent robots Klink and Klank once again find themselves in competition with T. Edison, their classmate and arch rival--this time in the quest to unlock the power behind the science of energy"--
Author
Series
Ricky Ricotta volume 9
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
121 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Infuriated by the declaration that Pluto is no longer a planet, President Penguin and his penguins invade Earth and it is up to Ricky and his robot pal to defeat them--with some help from Ricky's cousin Lucy and her pets.
Author
Series
Zita the spacegirl volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
205 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Zita is determined to find her way home to Earth, but her exploits have made her an intergallactic megastar, and as her true self is eclipsed by her public persona, she faces a robot doppelganger, unsure of who she can trust.
Author
Series
Last human volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
After machines take control of Earth, following the extinction of humans, twelve-year-old robot XR 935A confronts its prejudices about humans and begins to reconsider its own existence within robot society after discovering and befriending a twelve-year-old human girl.--
10) Robot dreams
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
205 p. col. ill. 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The enduring friendship between a dog and a robot is portrayed in this wordless graphic novel.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"From her place in the store that sells artificial friends, Klara--an artificial friend with outstanding observational qualities--watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street outside. She remains hopeful a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change forever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans. In this luminous tale,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
1st ed.
Fountas & Pinnell
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Physical Desc
50 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rabbit is excited about the sleepover he has carefully planned for his friend Robot, but Robot has some different ideas about how things should go.
14) Rogue protocol
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 3
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Sci-Fi's favorite antisocial A.I. is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is. And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good."
The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about...
15) Exit strategy
Author
Series
Murderbot diaries volume 4
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"I love Murderbot!" -Ann Leckie The fourth and final part of the Murderbot Diaries series that began with All Systems Red. Murderbot wasn't programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be a system glitch, right? Having traveled the width of the galaxy to unearth details of its own murderous transgressions, as well as those of the GrayCris Corporation, Murderbot is heading home to help Dr. Mensah-its former...
16) Ungifted
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.
17) Go, Otto, go!
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Simon Spotlight edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Otto the robot builds a spaceship to take him home.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend.
One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of 'what do people need?' is answered.
But the answer...
Author
Series
Hilo volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
193 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hilo and DJ, with the help of Polly, the magical warrior cat, travel through a mysterious portal and battle bad guys, face disgusting food, an angry mom, and powerful magic to save their friend Gina.
Author
Series
Ricky Ricotta volume 8
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
125 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
By flipping the pages, the reader may view animated illustrations that follow Ricky Ricotta, a small mouse, his giant flying robot, and his annoying cousin Lucy, as they battle the nightcrawlers from Neptune that are invading through a wormhole.
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