Peter Brown – BookBunnies

Caramel is very interested in robots and last week he reviewed The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. This week he reviews the sequel: The Wild Robot Escapes. As usual, Sprinkles is taking notes and asking questions.

Caramel reviews The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown. — Caramel reviews *The Wild Robot Escapes* by Peter Brown.

Sprinkles: So Caramel, I know you really wanted to read this second book about the Wild Robot Roz.

Caramel: Yes I really did. And I’m glad I did read it. Because it is great! As great as the first book was!

S: So that is a solid endorsement. I want to know more. So I remember Roz was stuck on an island last time.

C: No, actually in the end of that first book, she leaves the island in an airship the Ricos left and is heading to the mainland.

S: I see. Then what happens in this book? Where is she escaping from?

C: Well she ends up in the city. And she does not like it. She is a Wild Robot after all. She ends up working hard on a farm, and she doesn’t like it. She wants to escape that life and go back to her son, the gosling.

S: Oh, I see. Is the gosling still on the island?

C: Not quite. He is full grown now and is migrating with the other geese. So he does not live on the island all the time. But Roz wants to go back to the island. She was happy there. She felt like she belonged there.

S: I see.

Caramel is reading The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown. — Caramel is reading *The Wild Robot Escapes* by Peter Brown.

S: So you really like this robot, Roz, don’t you?

C: Yes I do. I really would love to read more about her.

S: Why? Does this book also end with a cliffhanger?

C: No but I want to see what happens to her next.

S: I understand. That means this was a good book and made you really like and appreciate the characters.

C: Yes, I think this is a great book! I really like Roz! She is awesome!

S: How so?

C: She is smart, she is strong, she is also a good person. She wants to help people and animals. I really like her.

S: But she is a robot. Do you think she can feel and think and love and be loved?

C: Yes. I think so. Why would robots not be able to do any of that?

S: You are right of course. Many of today’s robots are not designed to have feelings and thoughts and love and be loved. But maybe one day there will be robots like Roz who have feelings and thoughts. I have even read about robots people have designed that help take care of people when they need help. It would be perfectly reasonable for those people to love those robots.

C: I think so!

S: Okay Caramel. So would you then recommend this book to other little bunnies like yourself?

C: Yes. But of course they should first read the first book. Otherwise they would not really know her story.

S: Great! What three words would you use for this book?

C: Funny, interesting, and happy.

S: I know you like happy books! What would you like to tell our readers as we wrap up this review?

C: Stay tuned for more book bunny reviews!

Caramel loved reading The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown and hopes that maybe there will be more stories about Roz or other friendly robots. — Caramel loved reading *The Wild Robot Escapes* by Peter Brown and hopes that maybe there will be more stories about Roz or other friendly robots.

Caramel has always found robots fascinating. Today he talks about The Wild Robot, a 2016 book by Peter Brown with a robot main character. As usual, Sprinkles is taking notes and asking questions.

Caramel reviews The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. — Caramel reviews *The Wild Robot* by Peter Brown.

Sprinkles: So Caramel I know you like robots, but I don’t remember you reading many novels about them. Is this the first one?

Caramel: I think so.

S: So can you tell us what the book is about?

C: In the beginning there is a ship in the sea. The ship sinks in a hurricane or some type of storm. And thousands of robots are lost to the sea. Six of them land on an island. One box survives totally unharmed.

S: What happens to the other five?

C: They are destroyed. The only survivor is the robot who is the main character of the book.

S: So this robot is all alone in an island. Is the island inhabited by humans?

C: No. There are other animals though. Forest animals, like deer.

S: Does the robot interact with them?

C: Yes. At first they are scared of her. But seriously, wouldn’t you be scared if a giant robot appeared out of nowhere?

S: Wait, so the robot is a ‘she” and she is huge!

C: No she is not too big, she is human-sized, but the animals are not used to seeing humans either. Some say that the island was a mountain that had contact with the mainland but not anymore.

S: Hmm, so the robot is wild because it is in the wilderness?

C: Yes, and also because she also learns to speak with the animals.

S: Wait I am sorry. The robot is a ‘she”. How do we know that?

C: She calls herself a “she”. And her name is Roz.

S: That’s enough for me.

Caramel is reading The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. — Caramel is reading *The Wild Robot* by Peter Brown.

S: So is the whole book about the robot and her adventures in this island with these animals?

C: Yes, more or less. Eventually she finds a baby goose, a gosling, and she raises it as her own child.

S: That’s interesting. Does she not need fuel or energy or something? How does she charge herself?

C: I don’t know really. Maybe she is solar powered. She does have solar packs.

S: I see. This is a very interesting premise for a story Caramel.

C: Yes, she likes the island and gets so used to it that she calls it home.

S: That is cool. So did you enjoy reading this book?

C: Yes. And it ends with a big cliffhanger. So I have to read the second book!

S: Oh, so there is a second book. But this story does have some sort of a resolution, right?

C: Yes, I guess. But the end makes you curious about what will happen next. We learn a lot more about Roz and her past. There are three other robots! They are called the Recos I, II and III. And so I want to read the next book. Can I be done here so I can start reading that one?

S: Okay, then why don’t you tell me three words you would use to describe the book before we wrap this review up?

C: It’s exciting, it is funny. There is adventure, and lots of curious things happening. And cliff-hanging.

S: Hmm, not sure that last one is a word, but I know what you mean. Let us not keep you hanging any longer. So what do you want to tell our readers?

C: Stay tuned for more book bunny reviews!

Caramel loved reading The Wild Robot by Peter Brown and is eager to read about the next adventures of Roz. — Caramel loved reading *The Wild Robot* by Peter Brown and is eager to read about the next adventures of Roz.