Runaway Robot
- Author Frank Cottrell-Boyce, illustrated by Steven Lenton
- Narrator Ben Bailey Smith
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Run Time 4 hours and 53 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Disability, impairments and special needs, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships.
Titles Purchased
- 1-5
- 6-10
- 11-15
- 16-20
- Over 20
Price p/Title
- £7.99
- £6.99
- £5.99
- £4.99
- £3.99
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What to expect
Runaway Robot is a funny and heartwarming adventure about two best friends helping put themselves back together, from the award-winning Frank Cottrell-Boyce, illustrated by Steven Lenton.
When Alfie goes to Airport Lost Property, he finds more than he bargained for. A lot more. Because there's a giant robot called Eric hidden away on the shelves. Eric has lost one leg and half his memory. He's super strong, but super clumsy. He's convinced that he's the latest technology, when he's actually nearly one hundred year's old and ready for the scrap heap.
Can Alfie find a way to save Eric from destruction - before Eric destroys everything around him?
Critics Review
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a comic and compelling tale set in a near-future filled with automated buses and dust-hog street cleaners, uproariously illustrated by Steven Lenton
Guardian -
What a funny, charming, life-affirming book
Richard Osman -
Two more maestros of children’s fiction with moral compasses just as finely tuned remained surefire reads. Frank Cottrell-Boyce’s latest was Runaway Robot (Macmillan), a madcap escapade starring a boy and a delusional bot.
Observer, best books of the year review -
A riotous adventure
Daily Telegraph -
The world he imagines is cleverly conceived and the spirit of fun and adventure is pure Cottrell Boyce, but there are also messages about acceptance and diversity, tucked away between the madcap antics, which will resonate with readers of every age. Expect plenty of laughs, some unexpected twists and turns, and a big smile as the last page turns.
Lancashire Evening Post -
A funny and heartwarming adventure
Ni4Kids
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