Due to an administrative mix-up, troublemaker Donovan Curtis is sent to the Academy of Scholastic Distinction, a special program for gifted and talented students, after pulling a major prank at middle school.
Robots
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Author:Brown, PeterSummary:When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with only the animal inhabitants to help her. The Wild Robot raises thought-provoking questions about the environment, technology...
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Author:Benton, Jim.Summary:Being a mad scientist in the modern world is very hard work. With so much that needs to be done in such a short period of time, multitasking can get way out of hand. Franny needs some additional help. But for Franny there is only one...
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Author:Lewis, R. C.Summary:A futuristic retelling of Snow White in which seventeen-year-old Essie, a master at repairing robots and drones on the frozen mining planet Thanda, is pulled into a war by handsome and mysterious Dane after his shuttle crash-lands near...
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Author:Hubbert, TrenlinSummary:Humans and intelligent machines bump up against each other in a parallel search for meaning and purpose during the period ensuing the most recent mass extinction. Yet, the world is not without beauty. The desert is majestic, and the...
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Author:Bell, CeceSummary:Rabbit is excited about the sleepover he has carefully planned for his friend Robot, but Robot has some different ideas about how things should go.
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Author:Thibeault Jr, NormandSummary:Transporté dans une série d’aventures abracadabrantes, à la recherche de la vérité et de sa vision de la justice, il sera confronté à ses peurs et à lui-même à travers le reflet de son étrange ménagerie avec laquelle il partage ses...
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Author:ASIMOV, IsaacSummary:They mustn't harm a human being, they must obey human orders, and they must protect their own existence... but only so long as that doesn't violate rules one and two. With these Three Laws of Robotics, humanity embarked on...
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Author:Patterson, James, Grabenstein, ChrisSummary:It was never easy for Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez to fit in, so he's dreading the day when his genius mom insists he bring her newest invention to school: a walking, talking robot called "E" that thinks it's Sammy's brother. Will E be Sammy's...
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Author:Jung, MikeSummary:Twelve-year-old Vincent and his fellow members of the Captain Stupendous Fan Club help out when someone new becomes Earth's most famous superhero, without knowing anything about him, just as evil Professor Mayhem and his robot...
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Author:Savage, J. ScottSummary:Trenton Colman is a creative boy, and Kallista Babbage is the daughter of the notorious and deceased Leo Babbage. Working together, Trenton and Kallista learn that Leo was developing a secret project--one that may threaten every truth...
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Set in the robot cyberpunk year 2055 in British Columbia, Canada, where humans are part robotic and robots are becoming more humanlike, the line dividing the two is becoming less clear. When the nation is controlled by a popular online...
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"I love Murderbot!" -Ann Leckie. The fourth and final part of the Murderbot Diaries series that began with All Systems Red. Murderbot wasn't programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it...
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Author:Carriger, GailSummary:Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is the bane of her mother's existence. Mrs. Temminnick is desperate that her daughter, who is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper etiquette, become a proper lady. She enrolls...
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Author:Savage, J. ScottSummary:After the battle of Seattle, Trenton and Kallista--along with their friends, Plucky, Simoni, Angus, and Clyde--fly their mechanical dragons south toward San Francisco, looking for any sign of Kallista's father, Leo Babbage.
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Author:HERBERT, FrankSummary:The troubles begin when stewardship of Arrakis is transferred by the Emperor from the Harkonnen Noble House to House Atreides. The Harkonnens don't want to give up their privileges, however, and through sabotage and treachery they...
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Author:Yaccarino, DanSummary:Doug the robot discovers that cities are much more than downloaded facts when he unplugs from the computer feed and explores one first-hand.
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Dethbert Jones is your average ten-year-old – only he lives on the planet Crank with his pet chicken-snail and his robot best friend Andi Social. When he and Andi join the Space Cadets, a Scouts-like organization, they are totally...
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Author:DiPucchio, Kelly S.Summary: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.
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The art of speculative fiction lies in the ability to create a plausible future that tells us a great deal about our present. This critically acclaimed recording by narrators Aaron Lustig and Henry Strozier chronicles human reactions on...
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