6/23/2023 0 Comments The Junkyard Bot by C.J. Richards![]() He’s always patching up their out-of-date gadgets and house-bots. ![]() Even though George, unlike most of the other students at Terabyte Heights Middle School doesn’t have the latest smart phone, tablet, or companion robot, he’s the modest neighborhood’s go-to guy for IT help. ![]() Terabyte Heights is the high tech community of the future, with computers and robots doing everything from yardwork to security. Some of my least experienced seventh grade readers devoured this title last year, and I can see why.Īdult writers looking for sharp middle grades reads will probably find other titles more appealing. It’s a well-paced, highly serviceable middle grades read that caters to soft sci-fi interests with a dash of mystery. Then one day, Jackbot mysteriously disappears, and George and Anne begin to realize that bad things are happening…. His friend Anne’s parents are happy to leave her alone at the house for long periods of time because the house can know what room she’s in and can tutor her in math. For example the school fired its custodial staff and replaced them with cleaning, scolding, robots. Having a robot can be really cool, but living in a world of robots has its downsides. In George’s house there are robots who help garden, who make breakfast, and he even has a personal robot, Jackbot, who’s really more of a friend than a robot. George Gearing lives in a world where robots and humans co-exist…. ![]()
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