The Wild Robot - Mille feuilles

mass market paperback, 277 pages

English language

Published 2020 by Little Brown and Company.

ISBN:: 978-0-316-38200-7

Can a robot survive in the wilderness? When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is all alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is, but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a violent storm and escaping a vicious bear attack, she realizes that her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings and learn from the island's unwelcoming animal inhabitants. As Roz slowly befriends the animals, the island starts to feel like home, until, one day, the robot's mysterious past comes back to haunt her. From bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator Peter Brown comes a heartwarming and action-packed novel about what happens when nature and technology collide.

3 editions

Pretty Greene Leaves 🌿 reviewed The Wild Robot by Peter Brown (The Wild Robot, #1)

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4 stars

An excellent book, and likely one of the first I will read my kids when they are old enough for non-picture books. The core theme that technology does not need to be in conflict with nature, to a backdrop that both subtly and not-so-subtly indicates that it broadly has been in conflict, resonates to our current moment, and my own personal ideals.

Although the book veers dangerously into White Savior territory, the layers of allegory make it somewhat more forgivable.

With a charming and distinctive narrative voice and quick pacing, The Wild Robot tells an engaging story, with a cliffhanger ending to lead into the next book. Overall a very good read.