kevinhendricks's review against another edition
3.0
A Minneapolis-based story about kids who start building robots and discover a secret in an abandoned building. It's set up as this great robot-battle, but there's not nearly enough battling robots for my taste. My kids really liked it, but I got bored early on.
library_brandy's review against another edition
4.0
Jim knows, far in advance, that his science project will be building a robot with his best friend--or, more accurately, watching his best friend build their robot. So when an opportunity for a different project presents itself (monitoring otters with the girl next door), he jumps at the chance. But the otters become the least of his worries when they discover the robots that are already in that junkyard...
Scaletta again delivers a perfectly-tuned account of pre-teen (or early-teen) angst and drama, coupled with an engrossing plot that feels so realistic even when it's ... not. Another one I'll be passing to every middle-school boy I encounter (and several of the girls too).
Scaletta again delivers a perfectly-tuned account of pre-teen (or early-teen) angst and drama, coupled with an engrossing plot that feels so realistic even when it's ... not. Another one I'll be passing to every middle-school boy I encounter (and several of the girls too).
jodiwilldare's review
5.0
The thing I love about reading books by Kurtis Scaletta (who you should know is a friend of mine), is that they zap me back in time to when it seemed my only responsibility and the only thing I wanted to do was read the book in my hand. His books make me read while eating, read while “watching” TV, and read way late into the night so I can find out what happens.
Today his latest The Winter of the Robots is to blame for my advanced tiredness. I even knew what was going to happen and there I was at midnight vowing just one more page, one more page, one more page until I was done. It was worth it. Read more.
Today his latest The Winter of the Robots is to blame for my advanced tiredness. I even knew what was going to happen and there I was at midnight vowing just one more page, one more page, one more page until I was done. It was worth it. Read more.
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