By Peter Brown
Our beloved robot, Roz, returns in Peter Brown’s The
Wild Robot Escapes. This time,
Roz finds herself at Hilltop Farm where her job is to manage the animals, grow
the crops, fix the farm machines and make sure everything runs smoothly.
The farm is owned by Mr. Shareef. He and his two children, Jad and Jaya, can
give Roz any orders they like and Roz must obey. Roz is programmed to do as she is told, yet
she cannot stop thinking about her son, Brightbill, and her old life on the
island. Naturally, she begins to plot
her escape.
Roz befriends the farm animals, of course, all of whom
want to help her reunite with her son.
To her surprise, she also begins to care about the Shareefs, especially
Jad and Jaya. Although she knows she
must leave them, she is torn by her “feelings” for them and her desire to help
them.
But how can a robot with a built-in tracking device
escape? Can a robot really grow to care
for people and animals? After all, Roz
is not supposed to have feelings.
Join Roz on another can’t-put-it-down adventure as she
battles against wolves, the RECOs, and even her own programming to return to
the island where she belongs.
This is the second book in the series, so make sure you
read The
Wild Robot first.
Highly
recommended!
