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The Great War is over. The Robots have won. The humans who survived have two choices--they can submit and serve the vicious rulers they created or be banished to the Reserve, a desolate, unforgiving landscape where it's a crime to be human. And the robots aren't content--following the orders of their soulless leader, they're planning to conquer humanity's last refuge. With nothing left to lose, Six, a feisty, determined young woman whose family was...
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"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 she is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans. In this luminous...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to determine what humanity really needs) turn their attention to the villages and cities of the little moon they call home. They hope to find the answers they seek, while making new friends, learning new concepts, and experiencing the entropic nature of the universe. Becky Chambers's new series continues to ask: in a world where people...
4) Ruins
Author
Series
Partials sequence volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
As a war between the humans and the Partials looms, Samm finds himself trapped beyond a toxic wasteland, and Kira finds herself under the control of Dr. Morgan who is desperate to save the Partials.
5) Robot
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Explores the latest technology in robotics and describes the many different types of robots and how they are built and used in today's world.
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Series
Alchemy wars volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
℗2015.
Language
English
Description
"The Clakker: a mechanical man, endowed with great strength and boundless stamina -- but beholden to the wishes of its human masters. Soon after the Dutch scientist and clockmaker Christiaan Huygens invented the very first Clakker in the 17th Century, the Netherlands built a whole mechanical army. It wasn't long before a legion of clockwork fusiliers marched on Westminster, and the Netherlands became the world's sole superpower. Three centuries later,...
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Series
Alchemy wars volume 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Jax, a rogue Clakker, has wreaked havoc upon the Clockmakers' Guild by destroying the Grand Forge. Reborn in the flames, he finally makes it across the border to New France. There he begins his life as a free Clakker, but liberation proves its own burden. Berenice, formerly the legendary spymaster for the King of New France, mastermind behind her nation's attempts to undermine the Dutch Hegemony has been banished from her homeland and captured by...
8) See Otto
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Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2002, 2016]
Language
English
Description
Otto the robot lands on Earth, where he is chased by a rhinoceros and befriended by some monkeys.
9) Clink
Author
Publisher
Balzer & Bray
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While newer, fancier robots are quickly purchased, Clink, an old-fashioned robot who can only make toast and music, gathers dust and feels downhearted until a young boy enters the shop looking for something special.
11) The LEGO Mindstorms EV3 laboratory: build, program, and experiment with five wicked cool robots!
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Publisher
No Starch Press
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
Shows how to use gears, beams, motors, sensors and programming blocks to create sophisticated robots that can avoid obstacles, walk on two legs and even demonstrate autonomous behavior.
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Meet Rusty, a ten-year-old designer and do-it-yourselfer who solves problems using ingenuity and wild, innovative inventions. With his best friend, Ruby, his robotic pet, Botasaur, and their mechanical helpers, the Bits, Rusty helps to foster kids’ interest in innovation, creativity, and the Maker Movement.
Introduces inventing genius Rusty Rivets, his friend, computer programmer Ruby, and his many robot companions.
13) Go, Otto, go!
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Otto the robot builds a spaceship to take him home.
16) Life l1k3
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
When Eve learns she can destory machines with her mind, she becomes a target for a group of puritanical fanatics, and with her new android best friend Ezekiel, faces cyborg assassins.
"On an island junkyard beneath a sky that glows with radiation, a deadly secret lies buried in the scrap. Seventeen-year-old Eve isn't looking for trouble-she's too busy looking over her shoulder. The robot gladiator she spent months building has been reduced to a smoking...
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Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Sven Carterpart boy, part robotis on a mission to save himself from destroying the human race in this fun and funny MAX novel!Ever since Sven Carter was caught eating a moldy blueberry muffin under the gym bleachers, earning himself the nickname “Trashmouth,” hes been his schools biggest outcast.But he soon discovers that having a lame nickname is the least of his worries. After a horrible wipeout involving a bike, a ramp, and a chocolate-anchovy-garlic-mint...
19) The iron giant
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A strange creature stalks the land, eating barbed wire and devouring tractors and plows. The farmers are mystified--and afraid. And then they glimpse him in the night: the Iron Giant, taller than a house, with glowing headlight eyes and an insatiable taste for metal. The hungry giant must be stopped at any cost. Only a young boy named Hogarth is brave enough to befriend the Iron Giant and lead him to a safe home. And only Hogarth knows where to...
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Do you know the difference between a fact and an opinion? It can be a hard thing to understand. Some things are facts--like the number of robots in this book. Other things are opinions--like which robot would make the best friend, or which robot dances best. And sometimes to tell the difference between a fact and an opinion, you need to wait to get more information--that's because facts can be proven true or false, and opinions are things you feel...
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