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The Wild Robot #2
The Wild Robot Escapes
Shipwrecked on a remote, wild island, Robot Roz learned from the unwelcoming animal inhabitants and adapted to her surroundings—but can she survive the challenges of the civilized world and find her way home to Brightbill and the island?
279 pages, Hardcover
First published March 13, 2018
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Peter Brown
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Peter Brown is an American writer and illustrator who is best known for children's picture books.
"Peter has always loved telling stories. Growing up in New Jersey, he told stories by drawing whimsical characters and scenes from his imagination. Then, as a teenager, he fell in love with writing, and told his tales with words. While studying illustration at Art Center College of Design, Peter’s love of both words and pictures led him to take several courses on children’s books, and before long he knew he’d found his calling.
After graduating from Art Center Peter moved to New York City to be closer to the publishing industry. He was working on animated TV shows when he signed a book deal to write and illustrate his first picture book, Flight of the Dodo. Peter quickly signed up his second and third books, and his career as an author and illustrator of children’s books was under way.
Peter’s books have earned him numerous honors, including a Caldecott Honor (2013) for Creepy Carrots!, two E.B. White Awards and an E.B. White Honor, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book award, a Children’s Choice Award for Illustrator of the Year, two Irma Black Honors, and five New York Times bestsellers.
Peter lives in Brooklyn, New York."
Source: About Peter Brown.
Peter Brown is an American writer and illustrator who is best known for children's picture books.
"Peter has always loved telling stories. Growing up in New Jersey, he told stories by drawing whimsical characters and scenes from his imagination. Then, as a teenager, he fell in love with writing, and told his tales with words. While studying illustration at Art Center College of Design, Peter’s love of both words and pictures led him to take several courses on children’s books, and before long he knew he’d found his calling.
After graduating from Art Center Peter moved to New York City to be closer to the publishing industry. He was working on animated TV shows when he signed a book deal to write and illustrate his first picture book, Flight of the Dodo. Peter quickly signed up his second and third books, and his career as an author and illustrator of children’s books was under way.
Peter’s books have earned him numerous honors, including a Caldecott Honor (2013) for Creepy Carrots!, two E.B. White Awards and an E.B. White Honor, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book award, a Children’s Choice Award for Illustrator of the Year, two Irma Black Honors, and five New York Times bestsellers.
Peter lives in Brooklyn, New York."
Source: About Peter Brown.
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December 9, 2020
WOW - this one was absolutely incredible.
I love this one so much...Honestly, if you haven't read this series, you are dead to me.
We follow Roz the Robot immediately after she gets taken back to the robot repair factory for repairs.
She misses her animal friends and her adopted son (a little gosling) but she's realistic, her robot body is battered and dented.
She needs to be repaired and then escape back to the wild as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, right after repairs, Roz is shipped off to a little farm. She's hooked up to a tracking device and then forced to help the poor family that owns the farm.
Roz is torn, she grows to care for the young children and wants to help the farm succeed...but she cannot live with the thought of never seeing her son or the island of animals again.
So...what's a Wild Robot to do, but escape?
In short - yes. This sequel was EVERYTHING I imagined and more.
I could not imagine a better followup to the Wild Robot and I am hoping against hope that there will be a third.
Peter Brown is a master storyteller to have written such a lovable story - so full of emotions and joy and sorrow.
I absolutely love how he doesn't make a cookie-cutter-this-is-the-life-lesson novel.
His book is real, age appropriate and absolutely wonderful.
I cannot recommend this one enough.
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I love this one so much...Honestly, if you haven't read this series, you are dead to me.
We follow Roz the Robot immediately after she gets taken back to the robot repair factory for repairs.
She misses her animal friends and her adopted son (a little gosling) but she's realistic, her robot body is battered and dented.
She needs to be repaired and then escape back to the wild as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, right after repairs, Roz is shipped off to a little farm. She's hooked up to a tracking device and then forced to help the poor family that owns the farm.
Roz is torn, she grows to care for the young children and wants to help the farm succeed...but she cannot live with the thought of never seeing her son or the island of animals again.
So...what's a Wild Robot to do, but escape?
In short - yes. This sequel was EVERYTHING I imagined and more.
I could not imagine a better followup to the Wild Robot and I am hoping against hope that there will be a third.
Peter Brown is a master storyteller to have written such a lovable story - so full of emotions and joy and sorrow.
I absolutely love how he doesn't make a cookie-cutter-this-is-the-life-lesson novel.
His book is real, age appropriate and absolutely wonderful.
I cannot recommend this one enough.
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January 5, 2020
3,5* - This was not as good as the first one but I still had a really good time. The illustrations are absolutely adorable and I enjoy Roz as a character a lot.
June 27, 2020
Aw, Roz's story is just so sweet, and this second book was even better than the first one. I enjoyed the story much more, and I am so glad I read both of these. Roz and all her animal friends are absolutely adorable!
April 3, 2025
Finished Reading
Pre-Read notes
After reading The Wild Robot (My Review!), the first book from Peter Brown's beloved series, I completely fell in love with the protagonist, Roz. A do-everything robot whose crate has washed over the side of a ship and onto a small island, Roz befriends the animals of the island to assure the survival of all of them for the winter. It was a beautiful story of giving a chance and a hand to someone who is different from you. It teaches cooperation, bravery, and independence as well as social morality. It was an absolutely beautiful story, and I had to try the next installment!
Final Review
When Roz wasn't farming, she was looking for a way to escape. (1:08:47)
Review summary and recommendations
Oh wow, this book deals with some heavy subject matter, and it's so moving! I just love middle grade fiction that trusts its young readers to both understand what is in the story and feel the emotions it brings up.
This continuation of the Wild Robot series finds Roz first stranded on a farm, and we get to see her masterfully going about taking care of every need the farming family she winds up with has. She makes wonderful friends in her time there but she's homesick for the wild island and her son, Brightbill. This is the story of Roz using the inspiring extent of her skill set to protect her new friends and, eventually, strike into the unknown in hopes of finding the ever elusive "home."
Bursting with thematic richness, this story left me thinking long after it ended, just like the first one. I recommend this to readers of MG fantasy or magical realism and those who enjoy stories about characters adapting to change, AI stories, and stories about preserving family connections.
But the goose wasn't made to let go. His little heart hoped his mother would come back... (4:09:23)
Reading Notes
Three (or more) things I loved:
1. Descriptions of the setting in this book and the first are absolutely stunning. The story is full of elements–family time in summer night, and terrifying tornadoes–that felt a breath away because of how Brown describes them.
2. Her computer brain could remember every detail of the island, and it hurt to think she might not make it back there... She could erase her old memories. It would be like they never happened....No. Ros wanted to remember her old life, and that was good. Because someone from her old life was about to appear. (1:38:25) Peter Brown has an important ability to work complex themes into his MG books, both without talking down to his readers and in a way that challenges them to think about what matters to them.
3. I love how Brown's narration keeps resolving my gripes as I move through the book. He has a real sense for plot development and readers' pain points.
Three things I didn't love:
1. No quibbles for this one.
Rating: 🐺🐺🐺🐺.5 /5 wolves on the farm
Recommend? yes!
Finished: April 1 '25
Format: Audiobook, Libby
Read this book if you like:
👦 middle grade fiction
✨️ magical realism
🤖 robot stories
🐮 nonhuman speakers / anthropomorphism
I found an audiobook copy of THE WILD ROBOT ESCAPES by Peter Brown on Libby. All views are mine.
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Pre-Read notes
After reading The Wild Robot (My Review!), the first book from Peter Brown's beloved series, I completely fell in love with the protagonist, Roz. A do-everything robot whose crate has washed over the side of a ship and onto a small island, Roz befriends the animals of the island to assure the survival of all of them for the winter. It was a beautiful story of giving a chance and a hand to someone who is different from you. It teaches cooperation, bravery, and independence as well as social morality. It was an absolutely beautiful story, and I had to try the next installment!
Final Review
When Roz wasn't farming, she was looking for a way to escape. (1:08:47)
Review summary and recommendations
Oh wow, this book deals with some heavy subject matter, and it's so moving! I just love middle grade fiction that trusts its young readers to both understand what is in the story and feel the emotions it brings up.
This continuation of the Wild Robot series finds Roz first stranded on a farm, and we get to see her masterfully going about taking care of every need the farming family she winds up with has. She makes wonderful friends in her time there but she's homesick for the wild island and her son, Brightbill. This is the story of Roz using the inspiring extent of her skill set to protect her new friends and, eventually, strike into the unknown in hopes of finding the ever elusive "home."
Bursting with thematic richness, this story left me thinking long after it ended, just like the first one. I recommend this to readers of MG fantasy or magical realism and those who enjoy stories about characters adapting to change, AI stories, and stories about preserving family connections.
But the goose wasn't made to let go. His little heart hoped his mother would come back... (4:09:23)
Reading Notes
Three (or more) things I loved:
1. Descriptions of the setting in this book and the first are absolutely stunning. The story is full of elements–family time in summer night, and terrifying tornadoes–that felt a breath away because of how Brown describes them.
2. Her computer brain could remember every detail of the island, and it hurt to think she might not make it back there... She could erase her old memories. It would be like they never happened....No. Ros wanted to remember her old life, and that was good. Because someone from her old life was about to appear. (1:38:25) Peter Brown has an important ability to work complex themes into his MG books, both without talking down to his readers and in a way that challenges them to think about what matters to them.
3. I love how Brown's narration keeps resolving my gripes as I move through the book. He has a real sense for plot development and readers' pain points.
Three things I didn't love:
1. No quibbles for this one.
Rating: 🐺🐺🐺🐺.5 /5 wolves on the farm
Recommend? yes!
Finished: April 1 '25
Format: Audiobook, Libby
Read this book if you like:
👦 middle grade fiction
✨️ magical realism
🤖 robot stories
🐮 nonhuman speakers / anthropomorphism
I found an audiobook copy of THE WILD ROBOT ESCAPES by Peter Brown on Libby. All views are mine.
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March 2, 2025
Film version of Wild Robot #1 up for Academy Award, 2025, and well-served nom!
We listened to The Wild Robot on a western car trip, as we often do with books. It’s a middle grades book about Roz, a ROZZUM unit 7134 robot who is meant to be delivered but the plane crashes on a remote Pacific island. Roz is mean to serve humans, to adapt to their needs, but what happens when she only finds animals on the island, some of whom threaten her? The literature on AI—such as Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and so on—explores the possibility for empathy in robots, and so this tale tests that notion out. Roz adopts Brightbill, a gosling, as her child, and makes friends on the island by being nice and helpful with all sorts of other creatures. Roz is a free robot who gets wild to be one with the wild animals! I thought it was good, but the family (being younger?) liked it even better.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This idyllic life ends when the ROSSUM makers track Roz down and send her to a far away country to serve an injured and ailing farmer and his two kids, as the second (and probably last?) volume begins. And guess what, spoiler obvious, Roz ESCAPES (you clever reader, you read the title!), though she has mixed feelings: The farmer is a good guy, needs her, and the kids need her, too, as she develops a good relationship with them, but after many months her son Brightbill finds her and she wants to go home. A kind of typical adventure story follows, with near death incidents--they fight a pack of wolves, for instance, with perfectly suited wolf names for villains such as Shadow, Slash, Lurk, Fang, (oh, and just for laughs, Barb!), she gets help from a whale along the way . . . there's so many animals in these books for young animal lovers!
Roz gets captured by the robot’s original creator, who intends to remake her--a defective!--into a typical service robot. A philosophical discussion between Roz and this woman ensues about just what it is a robot’s purpose might be. But Roz, as we know, is a wild robot, who adapted to the wild. She wants to be free! And we know she has a son, and a paradise island! Who wouldn’t want that??! I (and we) ended up loving this middle grades story. The overall point, about the diversity of nature and learning to live with it and not just conquer it, is clear. We listened to it, but I want to see the illustrations, which I understand are great.
We listened to The Wild Robot on a western car trip, as we often do with books. It’s a middle grades book about Roz, a ROZZUM unit 7134 robot who is meant to be delivered but the plane crashes on a remote Pacific island. Roz is mean to serve humans, to adapt to their needs, but what happens when she only finds animals on the island, some of whom threaten her? The literature on AI—such as Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and so on—explores the possibility for empathy in robots, and so this tale tests that notion out. Roz adopts Brightbill, a gosling, as her child, and makes friends on the island by being nice and helpful with all sorts of other creatures. Roz is a free robot who gets wild to be one with the wild animals! I thought it was good, but the family (being younger?) liked it even better.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This idyllic life ends when the ROSSUM makers track Roz down and send her to a far away country to serve an injured and ailing farmer and his two kids, as the second (and probably last?) volume begins. And guess what, spoiler obvious, Roz ESCAPES (you clever reader, you read the title!), though she has mixed feelings: The farmer is a good guy, needs her, and the kids need her, too, as she develops a good relationship with them, but after many months her son Brightbill finds her and she wants to go home. A kind of typical adventure story follows, with near death incidents--they fight a pack of wolves, for instance, with perfectly suited wolf names for villains such as Shadow, Slash, Lurk, Fang, (oh, and just for laughs, Barb!), she gets help from a whale along the way . . . there's so many animals in these books for young animal lovers!
Roz gets captured by the robot’s original creator, who intends to remake her--a defective!--into a typical service robot. A philosophical discussion between Roz and this woman ensues about just what it is a robot’s purpose might be. But Roz, as we know, is a wild robot, who adapted to the wild. She wants to be free! And we know she has a son, and a paradise island! Who wouldn’t want that??! I (and we) ended up loving this middle grades story. The overall point, about the diversity of nature and learning to live with it and not just conquer it, is clear. We listened to it, but I want to see the illustrations, which I understand are great.
September 15, 2020
4-4.25 stars
What a wonderful ending to this duology! It was interesting seeing Roz live among a family and be used as she was meant to. I love how the author kept the robotic tendencies while showing off Roz’s nature. It made me happy how the author showed rural and urban lifestyles. Love and understanding was needed on almost every character’s part and it was super effective showcasing how people need to question and be open minded to what they don’t know. Everything about this book was just great!
What a wonderful ending to this duology! It was interesting seeing Roz live among a family and be used as she was meant to. I love how the author kept the robotic tendencies while showing off Roz’s nature. It made me happy how the author showed rural and urban lifestyles. Love and understanding was needed on almost every character’s part and it was super effective showcasing how people need to question and be open minded to what they don’t know. Everything about this book was just great!
May 1, 2020
This is the second book in the The Wild Robot duology. At the end of the first book, Roz was taken onto a ship to take her back to her makers and away from the friends and family she had made on the island since having been shipwrecked there.
So we go from a lush green landscape full of animals and games to streets and buildings and robots working for humans. Since Roz is just another thing for the people there, she gets refurbished and is sold cheaply to a family to work on their farm.
From there we follow Roz and "her" humans and see Roz interact with the farm animals (who are quite surprised that this robot can speak the language of the animals, of course) as well as some wild ones nearby. She tells her story and thus reveals that she hasn't forgotten about her beginnings, about the friends and family there and that she misses them.
So while we had the boundless freedom in the first volume, we now had the problem of always being watched and controlled - making the titular escape a little tricky (until Roz recruits the help of some new friends). And, of course, this isn't too straightforward either, since the family has a story, too, and good reason why they need a robot like Roz.
The story thus is about being apart from and missing your family and making your way back to them. It's also about survival and learning to live in a new environment if you can't actually go back. it's about overcoming obstacles. But it is also about humans and their relationship with technology (), the author once again making the plea for people taking care to balance tech and nature and remaining self-reliant. Most importantly though, it's about hope and perseverance.
The book poses some interesting questions (not just for children) regarding interpersonal relationships and how to live a fulfilled and well-balanced life while showing quite different surroundings. There are the cities, there are the farms and then there is the actual wild. Gradual steps from one to the other, all three with their own challenges, and it is up to the reader which they are more familiar with and which they like best.
As was the case in the first book, this second volume once again had cute images throughout as can be seen by the examples I posted throughout the review. Really cool way to make (small and big) readers think and connect.
While it wasn't bad at all, I will admit that I preferred the first book just a little bit. Guess which of the surroundings I feel most comfortable with. ;)
So we go from a lush green landscape full of animals and games to streets and buildings and robots working for humans. Since Roz is just another thing for the people there, she gets refurbished and is sold cheaply to a family to work on their farm.
From there we follow Roz and "her" humans and see Roz interact with the farm animals (who are quite surprised that this robot can speak the language of the animals, of course) as well as some wild ones nearby. She tells her story and thus reveals that she hasn't forgotten about her beginnings, about the friends and family there and that she misses them.
So while we had the boundless freedom in the first volume, we now had the problem of always being watched and controlled - making the titular escape a little tricky (until Roz recruits the help of some new friends). And, of course, this isn't too straightforward either, since the family has a story, too, and good reason why they need a robot like Roz.
The story thus is about being apart from and missing your family and making your way back to them. It's also about survival and learning to live in a new environment if you can't actually go back. it's about overcoming obstacles. But it is also about humans and their relationship with technology (), the author once again making the plea for people taking care to balance tech and nature and remaining self-reliant. Most importantly though, it's about hope and perseverance.
The book poses some interesting questions (not just for children) regarding interpersonal relationships and how to live a fulfilled and well-balanced life while showing quite different surroundings. There are the cities, there are the farms and then there is the actual wild. Gradual steps from one to the other, all three with their own challenges, and it is up to the reader which they are more familiar with and which they like best.
As was the case in the first book, this second volume once again had cute images throughout as can be seen by the examples I posted throughout the review. Really cool way to make (small and big) readers think and connect.
While it wasn't bad at all, I will admit that I preferred the first book just a little bit. Guess which of the surroundings I feel most comfortable with. ;)
December 3, 2024
Great sequel, especially the ending! I'll post my full review in the morning.
Read my reviews for Peter Brown's books here:
The Wild Robot - 5 stars
The Wild Robot Escapes - 4 stars
The Wild Robot Protects - 3.5 stars
Read my reviews for Peter Brown's books here:
The Wild Robot - 5 stars
The Wild Robot Escapes - 4 stars
The Wild Robot Protects - 3.5 stars
March 30, 2018
I literally gasped aloud when I opened the package and found this inside. There might have been bright lights and trumpet music.
Every now and then, miracles do occur in Readerland.
Every now and then, miracles do occur in Readerland.
March 27, 2025
This was just as touching as book one, and it had a better ending (no cliffhanger). I love that we also got closure about the farm because I was wondering how they'd be doing without Roz. I'm wondering what everyone will be up to in book three, I'll be jumping into it soon.
October 27, 2024
Un sequel all'altezza!
August 10, 2018
'The Wild Robot Escapes' is the middle-grade sequel to the 'The Wild Robot' both written and illustrated by New York Times bestselling children's author/illustrator Peter Brown. Both books received widespread acclaim, with the first winning and being nominated for many awards.
In the first book we met Roz who has many questions as she opens her eyes for the first time and finds herself on a remote desert island completely alone. But she isn't as alone as she thinks and she soon discovers that she can learn a lot from the island's animal inhabitants. Time passes and the once harsh island begins to feel like home to Roz but then her past comes back to haunt her.
'The Wild Robot Escapes' follows on from where the last book left off - Roz has been captured and refurbished ready to be put to work on Hilltop Farm for the Shreef family. Typical of Roz, she befriends all of the animals on the dairy farm, not to mention the farmer's children with her outgoing personality. However, she longs to be reunited with her goose son, Brightbill. as well as the other animals from the island, and plans to escape. She is helped by a number of sympathisers but eventually is detained by the robot police and returned to the factory where she is reprogrammed to rid her of her personality which is deemed a malfunction. Will Roz manage to escape before they reprogramme her? Or will she be destined to serve humans for the rest of her days?
The simplicity of the writing is a standout feature here, but Brown manages to include many situations that will have children asking questions - where do I belong? what is my purpose in life? Where is home? Just like the first book, this is an utterly charming and beautiful story, and Roz is a magical character with a special personality. A delightful little tale that exposes children to deeper topics, such as what it means to be human, man vs technology, identity/being yourself, kindness, empathy, loss, love, environment, loyalty, and sacrifice. Another work of brilliance from Brown that is wonderfully quirky, unique and fun. The chapters are short and many pages are illustrated, keeping children engaged and interested in the plot. Kids will love this heartwarming sequel as much as the first!
Many thanks to Piccadilly Press for an ARC. I was not required to post a review and all thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.
In the first book we met Roz who has many questions as she opens her eyes for the first time and finds herself on a remote desert island completely alone. But she isn't as alone as she thinks and she soon discovers that she can learn a lot from the island's animal inhabitants. Time passes and the once harsh island begins to feel like home to Roz but then her past comes back to haunt her.
'The Wild Robot Escapes' follows on from where the last book left off - Roz has been captured and refurbished ready to be put to work on Hilltop Farm for the Shreef family. Typical of Roz, she befriends all of the animals on the dairy farm, not to mention the farmer's children with her outgoing personality. However, she longs to be reunited with her goose son, Brightbill. as well as the other animals from the island, and plans to escape. She is helped by a number of sympathisers but eventually is detained by the robot police and returned to the factory where she is reprogrammed to rid her of her personality which is deemed a malfunction. Will Roz manage to escape before they reprogramme her? Or will she be destined to serve humans for the rest of her days?
The simplicity of the writing is a standout feature here, but Brown manages to include many situations that will have children asking questions - where do I belong? what is my purpose in life? Where is home? Just like the first book, this is an utterly charming and beautiful story, and Roz is a magical character with a special personality. A delightful little tale that exposes children to deeper topics, such as what it means to be human, man vs technology, identity/being yourself, kindness, empathy, loss, love, environment, loyalty, and sacrifice. Another work of brilliance from Brown that is wonderfully quirky, unique and fun. The chapters are short and many pages are illustrated, keeping children engaged and interested in the plot. Kids will love this heartwarming sequel as much as the first!
Many thanks to Piccadilly Press for an ARC. I was not required to post a review and all thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.
October 18, 2024
Robot Roz has been repaired. She's now performing farm work for the Shareef family. She's a huge help to the run-down farm and becomes close to Jad and Jaya, the kiddos. But she terribly misses her own gosling son, Brightbill. Will she ever get back to the island to reunite with him and with the other wild animal friends she's made?
May 5, 2018
Ahoy there me mateys! I fell in love with Roz in the first book, the wild robot. While I try to post no spoilers, if ye haven’t read the first book then ye might want to skip this post. If ye keep reading this log then ye have been forewarned and continue at yer own peril . . .
It was wonderful to be readin’ about Roz again and seeing how she handles the new obstacles in her path. Unlike the first book that happens in the wild, this book finds Roz dealing with humans and farming and cities. As always she is gregarious, hard-working, thoughtful, compassionate, and fabulous. I adored her entire time working on the farm.
Another quick and lovely read by the author. His illustrations were wonderful and heartwarming. While I be satisfied with the conclusion of the series, closing that final page was bittersweet. I will miss the further adventures of Roz but know she can surely handle anything that comes her way.
And like I said before, this be categorized as middle-grade. Bah! Don’t let that stop ye! I don’t put age limits on things. Everyone should read about Roz the robot.
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It was wonderful to be readin’ about Roz again and seeing how she handles the new obstacles in her path. Unlike the first book that happens in the wild, this book finds Roz dealing with humans and farming and cities. As always she is gregarious, hard-working, thoughtful, compassionate, and fabulous. I adored her entire time working on the farm.
Another quick and lovely read by the author. His illustrations were wonderful and heartwarming. While I be satisfied with the conclusion of the series, closing that final page was bittersweet. I will miss the further adventures of Roz but know she can surely handle anything that comes her way.
And like I said before, this be categorized as middle-grade. Bah! Don’t let that stop ye! I don’t put age limits on things. Everyone should read about Roz the robot.
Check out me other reviews at https://thecaptainsquartersblog.wordp...
May 5, 2020
This was a delight to listen to and I loved spending time with Roz and Brightbill again. Roz gets to spend time on a dairy farm and finds herself quite adaptable to farm life. As a former farm girl, I found that part of the book was my favorite. What I had hoped to find out in the sequel was why Roz seems to have awareness beyond the "normal" robot. That question was really never answered for me and on top of that, I agree with other reviewers that if Roz wants to be helpful the farm is a better fit than a wild island. I am also confused about the persistence of the Ricoh machines that seem to find her wherever she is -- the wolves, too. It would still make an enjoyable read for kids who loved the first book. I am probably overthinking it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 24, 2025
The Wild Robot Escapes is the second book in the Wild Robot series and is just as enjoyable as the first book.
In this book, Roz awakens repaired and restored to fund herself at a farm. Her new owner, Mr Shareef, has bought Roz to help him run his farm. Roz enjoys her work and befriends the hurd of cows who were at first afraid of her just like the animals on the island were. Once Roz speaks to then in the animal language, they soon become fast friends. Mr Shareefs children, Jaya and Jad love having Roz on the farm and love Rozs stories about a wild robot and her goose son Brightbill. When a goose and his flock stop at the farm during migration, Roz asks them if they know her son. They unfortunately do not, but they had heard stories about Roz and Brighbill and assure her they will spread word far and wide to reunite them. When time comes for Roz to escape the farm, she finds herself conflicted as she is very fond of the Shareefs and the cows. This is where another adventure unfolds for Roz and Brightbill as they try to get back to their home on the island.
This book was so sweet and thought-provoking. It teaches kindness and compassion as well as teaches about community, diversity, friendship, and family.
In this book, Roz awakens repaired and restored to fund herself at a farm. Her new owner, Mr Shareef, has bought Roz to help him run his farm. Roz enjoys her work and befriends the hurd of cows who were at first afraid of her just like the animals on the island were. Once Roz speaks to then in the animal language, they soon become fast friends. Mr Shareefs children, Jaya and Jad love having Roz on the farm and love Rozs stories about a wild robot and her goose son Brightbill. When a goose and his flock stop at the farm during migration, Roz asks them if they know her son. They unfortunately do not, but they had heard stories about Roz and Brighbill and assure her they will spread word far and wide to reunite them. When time comes for Roz to escape the farm, she finds herself conflicted as she is very fond of the Shareefs and the cows. This is where another adventure unfolds for Roz and Brightbill as they try to get back to their home on the island.
This book was so sweet and thought-provoking. It teaches kindness and compassion as well as teaches about community, diversity, friendship, and family.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 11, 2023
I love this series so much! Roz and Brightbill captured my kids hearts and mine as well. Book 2 follows Roz trying to escape the human world and get back to her island and her gosling son. Loved it just as much as the first installment and my kids already want me to go buy a copy of book 3. Definitely recommend this middle grade series, and it makes for a great bedtime read aloud.
November 15, 2021
One of the most in-demand juvenile titles of 2018, The Wild Robot Escapes introduces new questions about the nature of conscious existence while revisiting ones raised by The Wild Robot. Can a robot be alive the same way as a human? Do circuits and wires have the potential to produce the spark of real life, or are they a simulant, fooling a robot brain into thinking it has emotions? If a robot deviates from the maker's design to engage with emotions that seem human, has that robot attained a higher level of being, or is it exhibiting symptoms of a glitch, maybe even a dangerous one? Roz the robot can't outrun the implications of her own existence, which is why she resigned herself to be captured and returned to human society at the end of The Wild Robot. She much prefers life on a remote island with animals, including her adopted son, Brightbill the goose, but Roz had no desire to endanger her furry friends whenever the next fleet of RECO robots would arrive to retrieve her. Phase two of her adventure is about to commence.
ROZZUM robots are a valued commodity, including unit 7134, known to us as Roz. If the manufacturer detected a hint of her ability to think for herself, however, Roz would be destroyed. There's no room for dissent among technical products, not even A.I. robots. Roz's special awareness, ironically, allows her to evade being screened out for destruction. She passes the checkup, has a few new parts installed, and is shipped to a family in need of a ROZZUM robot. Roz ends up on a run-down farm owned by a Mr. Shareef, the latest in a family line of proud farmers. Maintaining a profitable farm in the contemporary world is a challenge, and Mr. Shareef has barely been able to stay afloat. Roz is needed as an extra pair of eyes and hands for Mr. Shareef, and she sets to work diligently, earning the farm animals' trust and the adoration of Mr. Shareef's young son (Jad) and daughter (Jaya). Roz entertains the children with tales of a robot on an island who speaks to animals in their own languages, but Jad and Jaya don't suspect that Roz is recounting her own experiences. The electronic tracker in her torso prevents Roz from leaving the farm, but someday she'll have to take the risk and ask Jad and Jaya for help in going home. Otherwise, Roz will be stranded here forever, never to reunite with Brightbill. Will the children sympathize, or report her to Mr. Shareef as a malfunctioning robot?
Seasons pass and Roz settles in on the farm. Using creative means, she repels the wolves that skulk around looking to pick off stray cows; Roz won't let her friends be preyed upon by carnivores. Flocks of geese stop by, but Brightbill isn't among them. The geese are impressed by Roz, though, and carry far and wide the legend of a robot seeking her goose son. Is it a matter of time until word reaches Brightbill and he hones in on his mother's location? Yet the tracker chip means Roz can't set foot off Mr. Shareef's land without him being alerted. Removing the chip is a feat of precision robotics that Roz's animal friends aren't capable of, but would Jad and Jaya give it a try? Of course, even if the tracker were removed, the journey to the island is long and arduous, and airships full of RECO robots would trail Roz relentlessly. Can our robot and her son find peace in a world that views their relationship as unnatural, and will Roz ever discover why she, unlike every other ROZZUM unit, appears to have feelings and ambitions like a human being?
Public perception of Roz as dangerous is based on circular reasoning, but no one is eager to listen to a rogue robot's counterarguments. Society labels her a threat because she flees her manufacturer, but who wouldn't flee a team ordered to take you into custody so you can be terminated? If your pursuer generates the peril that caused you to run, how is running from them proof that you're dangerous? Self-preservation against an agency determined to wipe you out is justified. Roz's individualism is diagnosed as a defect by her makers; that seems unfair, but do we know it's not a defect? Jaya brings up the point. "Roz, don't take this the wrong way...but is it possible that you are defective?" Roz responds, "I have asked myself that same question. I do not feel defective. I feel...different. Is being different the same as being defective?" If we differ in some way that society deems worrisome, should we be dismissed as defective? Can we then be destroyed without crisis of conscience? Are there others like us who resemble the obedient "robots" around them, but are actually concealing their "defect" from those who would harm them for it? Roz wonders this when she sees other robots. "Were any of them quietly dreaming of escape? Or were they all just mindless machines, content with their place in the world?" Roz can't know the minds of individual robots, but she knows her own. She will never be satisfied just carrying out orders as though she were nothing but wires and buttons. She built a beautiful life on her island with Brightbill and their animal friends...and she'll do everything she can to reclaim it.
I loved The Wild Robot. As a treatise on the awesome, convoluted realities of being alive, it's as profound in its own way as Patrick Ness's More Than This or Shaun David Hutchinson's We Are the Ants, while providing as wholesome a children's story as Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Margaret Wise Brown, or Robert Lawson ever did. The Wild Robot Escapes revisits that excellence without equaling the originality, natural wonder, or philosophical potency of the first book, but it's a good novel, and offers closure to Roz's personal journey. I'd rate The Wild Robot Escapes two and a half stars. Peter Brown forged his reputation through picture books, but as a novelist he's rarely equaled, and the Wild Robot arc is the stuff of classic literature. I am blessed to have experienced it.
ROZZUM robots are a valued commodity, including unit 7134, known to us as Roz. If the manufacturer detected a hint of her ability to think for herself, however, Roz would be destroyed. There's no room for dissent among technical products, not even A.I. robots. Roz's special awareness, ironically, allows her to evade being screened out for destruction. She passes the checkup, has a few new parts installed, and is shipped to a family in need of a ROZZUM robot. Roz ends up on a run-down farm owned by a Mr. Shareef, the latest in a family line of proud farmers. Maintaining a profitable farm in the contemporary world is a challenge, and Mr. Shareef has barely been able to stay afloat. Roz is needed as an extra pair of eyes and hands for Mr. Shareef, and she sets to work diligently, earning the farm animals' trust and the adoration of Mr. Shareef's young son (Jad) and daughter (Jaya). Roz entertains the children with tales of a robot on an island who speaks to animals in their own languages, but Jad and Jaya don't suspect that Roz is recounting her own experiences. The electronic tracker in her torso prevents Roz from leaving the farm, but someday she'll have to take the risk and ask Jad and Jaya for help in going home. Otherwise, Roz will be stranded here forever, never to reunite with Brightbill. Will the children sympathize, or report her to Mr. Shareef as a malfunctioning robot?
Seasons pass and Roz settles in on the farm. Using creative means, she repels the wolves that skulk around looking to pick off stray cows; Roz won't let her friends be preyed upon by carnivores. Flocks of geese stop by, but Brightbill isn't among them. The geese are impressed by Roz, though, and carry far and wide the legend of a robot seeking her goose son. Is it a matter of time until word reaches Brightbill and he hones in on his mother's location? Yet the tracker chip means Roz can't set foot off Mr. Shareef's land without him being alerted. Removing the chip is a feat of precision robotics that Roz's animal friends aren't capable of, but would Jad and Jaya give it a try? Of course, even if the tracker were removed, the journey to the island is long and arduous, and airships full of RECO robots would trail Roz relentlessly. Can our robot and her son find peace in a world that views their relationship as unnatural, and will Roz ever discover why she, unlike every other ROZZUM unit, appears to have feelings and ambitions like a human being?
Public perception of Roz as dangerous is based on circular reasoning, but no one is eager to listen to a rogue robot's counterarguments. Society labels her a threat because she flees her manufacturer, but who wouldn't flee a team ordered to take you into custody so you can be terminated? If your pursuer generates the peril that caused you to run, how is running from them proof that you're dangerous? Self-preservation against an agency determined to wipe you out is justified. Roz's individualism is diagnosed as a defect by her makers; that seems unfair, but do we know it's not a defect? Jaya brings up the point. "Roz, don't take this the wrong way...but is it possible that you are defective?" Roz responds, "I have asked myself that same question. I do not feel defective. I feel...different. Is being different the same as being defective?" If we differ in some way that society deems worrisome, should we be dismissed as defective? Can we then be destroyed without crisis of conscience? Are there others like us who resemble the obedient "robots" around them, but are actually concealing their "defect" from those who would harm them for it? Roz wonders this when she sees other robots. "Were any of them quietly dreaming of escape? Or were they all just mindless machines, content with their place in the world?" Roz can't know the minds of individual robots, but she knows her own. She will never be satisfied just carrying out orders as though she were nothing but wires and buttons. She built a beautiful life on her island with Brightbill and their animal friends...and she'll do everything she can to reclaim it.
I loved The Wild Robot. As a treatise on the awesome, convoluted realities of being alive, it's as profound in its own way as Patrick Ness's More Than This or Shaun David Hutchinson's We Are the Ants, while providing as wholesome a children's story as Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Margaret Wise Brown, or Robert Lawson ever did. The Wild Robot Escapes revisits that excellence without equaling the originality, natural wonder, or philosophical potency of the first book, but it's a good novel, and offers closure to Roz's personal journey. I'd rate The Wild Robot Escapes two and a half stars. Peter Brown forged his reputation through picture books, but as a novelist he's rarely equaled, and the Wild Robot arc is the stuff of classic literature. I am blessed to have experienced it.
April 1, 2019
My son and I enjoyed this book as much as The Wild Robot. Every night, my son wanted to keep reading even when it was time for bed. We love Roz and Brightbill and all of the friends they meet along their journey. These books teach children about kindness, helping one another, love, acceptance and not judging someone by their appearance. Although the RECOs use force and guns, the story teaches the reader that violence doesn’t solve problems and that there can always be a peaceful solution; and this is the message my 7 year old son received from this book. These books have been my favorite to read with my son so far. I stretched this book out as long as I could because I hated for it to end.
December 28, 2017
Fans of THE WILD ROBOT, you will fall in love all over again with Roz and her adventures. This sequel was unputdownable. Middle grade perfection. Heart, joy, love, sacrifice...and what it means to know a home.
February 22, 2021
The book, The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown really reflects on our lives. Roz, a robot that previously lived on an island with her son Brightbill was taken to work for the Shareefs. She came across many things that we would eventually come across in life, like having obstacles, saying goodbyes to people who care about, and meeting new people in life, some good and some bad. Roz came across many obstacles like having to live alone without her son Brightbill and having to say think of different ways to escape the farm and travel back to her old home/ the island. Roz also had to say a lot of goodbyes, one to the flock and their young leader, one to the cows, and the hardest goodbye to Jad and Jaya. Jad and Jaya, two caring children who share very different personalities, tried all the ways to help Roz get back home. They promised to keep a secret for her, and most importantly they did a lot of research and stayed up all night to help Roz take out her Transmitter so their dad couldn’t track her location. Despite the fails, during their “surgery” for her, they still kept on trying until it worked. They were willing to lie to their own dad to protect and help Roz. During the journey of getting back to their home, Roz and Brightbill met a lot of different animals, some weren’t as nice as others. They came across hunters who tried to kill Brightbill, they met a pack of evil wolves who kept on coming back for revenge because she made a fool of them, but they also came across a skunk named sprinkles that provided them shelter when there was a hailstorm, a ham that offered to help them get up the mountain, and Dr. Molovo who helped Roz have a new body and reunite with her son. In conclusion, this book was a very entertaining adventure book that left me with countless messages and lessons.
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January 9, 2020
This is my 10 year old's current favorite book series. She is now obsessed with robots, and it has inspired her to learn about robotics.
This book is a thrilling conclusion to the series. How will Roz find her way back to her island home and her son Brightbill? That's the question we were left with in the Wild Robot, and this book is a non-stop adventure as we see Roz escape the human world to find her way back to the wild island.
My daughter loved the story as written, but I enjoyed that it also raised some interesting questions for us to talk about, like What is our purpose in life? What is home? Can you learn to solve problems without violence?
I highly recommend reading this series with your children!
This book is a thrilling conclusion to the series. How will Roz find her way back to her island home and her son Brightbill? That's the question we were left with in the Wild Robot, and this book is a non-stop adventure as we see Roz escape the human world to find her way back to the wild island.
My daughter loved the story as written, but I enjoyed that it also raised some interesting questions for us to talk about, like What is our purpose in life? What is home? Can you learn to solve problems without violence?
I highly recommend reading this series with your children!
February 13, 2025
This was the best book in the series hands down !!! I am so overwhelmed with this fabulous book and series. This was exactly what the doctor ordered !
April 12, 2018
I liked the sequel as much as the original book. Roz the robot was captured at the end of the first book, and has been refurbished to work as a robot a farm, where she befriends both the animals and the farmer's children with her outgoing personality. However, she misses her gosling son, Brightbill, and her animal friends from the island, and makes a plan to return home when migrating geese help her reunite with Brightbill. As she runs away, she faces many obstacles, but is helped by a number of sympathizers, who have heard of her kindness. Eventually though, she is captured by the robot police and returned to the factory, where her programming malfunction (i.e., personality) needs to be terminated. Read both books, and find out what happens. Cute and good fun for late elementary or middle school age readers.
October 24, 2024
que bello encontrar estas historias que transforman tu existencia y te hacen creer que aun hay esperanza en la humanidad.
March 29, 2024
It has just been the BEST experience reading these books aloud to my kids. They love them. I love them. It’s a win-win.
January 10, 2025
The sequel to The Wild Robot. Again, this delightful middle reader would make a great read aloud book to kids who like a longer chapter book. But the chapters are very short, so that would work well. Plus, the robot is SO charming!
September 7, 2018
Peter Brown did it again, another magnificent book about our Robot.
I had been planning on buying this one, but I haven't had the chance (too many other great books these past months), so I was delighted when I spotted this one (miracle-desu) at one of my libraries. I could finally read this one! See more of the adventures of Roz, see how she did in this new world, and I was rooting for her to get back to her son and their island.
We see Roz travel to her new place, a farm. Specifically the machines, and even more specific, she can help with the cows. Due to Roz being able to speak the language of the cows she can quickly bond with them. Yes, the cows are a bit worried about the big robot at first, and I can't blame them. But I loved how quickly they embraced her as a friend. How they talked to her, listened to her. And how Roz in turn cared for them and protected them.
The farm parts were pretty fun. I loved reading about Roz and how she tried to make the farm profitable again, how she fixed the machines so they worked again. Thanks to her the farm came to life again. And not only that, she even tried making improvements. Helping out the animals around the farm. It was just so much fun, even with Roz missing her family and friends, the island, she still made a new home for her at this place.
The escape, it took a while, but I am happy the author didn't immediately jump to it. Roz took her time to calculate all the things she needed to do. Because escape isn't the easiest, especially when you have a tracker in you, and also have no clue where to go. Thankfully she is not alone. The kids are warming up to her, and she has also found someone special who can help her out.
When the escape started, oh boy, the book really got exciting and I just couldn't stop reading. Sadly, I had to as it was late and I had to get up at a decent time the next morning. But as soon as I had some time the next day I read, I read more, and I was rooting and cheering. Roz has some amazing help, and again, her skills of talking with animals and blending in with her environment really help her out.
I didn't like the wolves. Really, they just pissed me off. Especially Shadow. Especially later on.
I just adored that everyone had heard the tales about the robot mother and the goose son. How every animal (well, most of them) tried to help her as soon as she revealed who she was.
Close to the ending, an exciting chase, and a revelation. I definitely liked it, and I also loved the older lady. Sure, I was wary, given how everyone was treating Roz. Like she was dangerous, while she is the sweetest creature on earth. But I quickly saw a different side, and one she also showed later on.
The ending did bring tears to my eyes. Oh my gosh, yes it did. It was just the best ending to this short series.
Of course, the book is also illustrated. I loved the art in the previous book, and I loved it in this one. The style just fits perfect with the writing style.
The chapters varied in size, some were really short, others were long. I quite liked that the author did it this way, it made it all just a bit more fun and engaging to read.
All in all, I am happy that I read this series, about a robot, her goose son, an island, and now an escape. I would highly recommend both books to everyone. Be sure to bring tissues though.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
I had been planning on buying this one, but I haven't had the chance (too many other great books these past months), so I was delighted when I spotted this one (miracle-desu) at one of my libraries. I could finally read this one! See more of the adventures of Roz, see how she did in this new world, and I was rooting for her to get back to her son and their island.
We see Roz travel to her new place, a farm. Specifically the machines, and even more specific, she can help with the cows. Due to Roz being able to speak the language of the cows she can quickly bond with them. Yes, the cows are a bit worried about the big robot at first, and I can't blame them. But I loved how quickly they embraced her as a friend. How they talked to her, listened to her. And how Roz in turn cared for them and protected them.
The farm parts were pretty fun. I loved reading about Roz and how she tried to make the farm profitable again, how she fixed the machines so they worked again. Thanks to her the farm came to life again. And not only that, she even tried making improvements. Helping out the animals around the farm. It was just so much fun, even with Roz missing her family and friends, the island, she still made a new home for her at this place.
The escape, it took a while, but I am happy the author didn't immediately jump to it. Roz took her time to calculate all the things she needed to do. Because escape isn't the easiest, especially when you have a tracker in you, and also have no clue where to go. Thankfully she is not alone. The kids are warming up to her, and she has also found someone special who can help her out.
When the escape started, oh boy, the book really got exciting and I just couldn't stop reading. Sadly, I had to as it was late and I had to get up at a decent time the next morning. But as soon as I had some time the next day I read, I read more, and I was rooting and cheering. Roz has some amazing help, and again, her skills of talking with animals and blending in with her environment really help her out.
I didn't like the wolves. Really, they just pissed me off. Especially Shadow. Especially later on.
I just adored that everyone had heard the tales about the robot mother and the goose son. How every animal (well, most of them) tried to help her as soon as she revealed who she was.
Close to the ending, an exciting chase, and a revelation. I definitely liked it, and I also loved the older lady. Sure, I was wary, given how everyone was treating Roz. Like she was dangerous, while she is the sweetest creature on earth. But I quickly saw a different side, and one she also showed later on.
The ending did bring tears to my eyes. Oh my gosh, yes it did. It was just the best ending to this short series.
Of course, the book is also illustrated. I loved the art in the previous book, and I loved it in this one. The style just fits perfect with the writing style.
The chapters varied in size, some were really short, others were long. I quite liked that the author did it this way, it made it all just a bit more fun and engaging to read.
All in all, I am happy that I read this series, about a robot, her goose son, an island, and now an escape. I would highly recommend both books to everyone. Be sure to bring tissues though.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
September 24, 2024
The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5*)
This was the second volume in the series and I flew through this even faster than the first one. 🙂 These books are awesome eventhough I‘m not really the target audience. But it was well worth it! 😁👍🏻
„Roz is no ordinary robot. After being washed up on the shore of a remote and wild island, she learned to adapt and make it her home, befriend its animal inhabitants and even adopt a small orphaned gosling, Brightbill. But a new life is now beginning for Roz - she has been taken away, far away from her island, back to civilisation. Where she must pretend that she is a robot like any other - there to follow orders and to carry out tasks on the farm where she now works. She knows she must never let anyone find out who she really is. And more than anything, she must find a way to escape, back to the island and her beloved Brightbill - a journey that will be fraught with danger and drama, and some very unexpected surprises.“
In this one the writing was as great and fluent as in the first one. I especially liked the action scenes again and even more and in general I liked the setting on the farm with a future earth. 👍🏻 I liked the realistic robots on the farm and their description, very well researched. I also really felt how torn Roz was in this story and I cared again for all the protagonists very much. The ending was great, imho. I guess the author could have made one book from the first two volumes maybe even from all three, but I guess for middle-graders it is easier to have three smaller volumes instead of one big one.
All in all it was an amazing sequel and I‘m looking forward to the last book. 😁👍🏻
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5*)
This was the second volume in the series and I flew through this even faster than the first one. 🙂 These books are awesome eventhough I‘m not really the target audience. But it was well worth it! 😁👍🏻
„Roz is no ordinary robot. After being washed up on the shore of a remote and wild island, she learned to adapt and make it her home, befriend its animal inhabitants and even adopt a small orphaned gosling, Brightbill. But a new life is now beginning for Roz - she has been taken away, far away from her island, back to civilisation. Where she must pretend that she is a robot like any other - there to follow orders and to carry out tasks on the farm where she now works. She knows she must never let anyone find out who she really is. And more than anything, she must find a way to escape, back to the island and her beloved Brightbill - a journey that will be fraught with danger and drama, and some very unexpected surprises.“
In this one the writing was as great and fluent as in the first one. I especially liked the action scenes again and even more and in general I liked the setting on the farm with a future earth. 👍🏻 I liked the realistic robots on the farm and their description, very well researched. I also really felt how torn Roz was in this story and I cared again for all the protagonists very much. The ending was great, imho. I guess the author could have made one book from the first two volumes maybe even from all three, but I guess for middle-graders it is easier to have three smaller volumes instead of one big one.
All in all it was an amazing sequel and I‘m looking forward to the last book. 😁👍🏻
February 24, 2023
Rozzum unit 7134 ends up in a repair facility in the city after getting picked up from her beloved island. Afterwards, she's deployed to a rundown farm. Mr. Shareef, her new owner, has her take care of the cows, whom Roz quickly befriends. Mr. Shareef's kids Jaya and Jad are intrigued by Roz, and they, too, eventually become her friends.
Meanwhile, Roz pines for her son Brightbill and her animal friends on the island. Even though she becomes indispensable at Hilltop Farm and has a good life there, Roz plans her escape with the help of Brightbill (who finds her from news from geese who've visited the farm) and Jaya and Jad. Her escape takes her through forests, fields, another city, water, and eventually, unfortunately, capture, and a conversation with the Rozzum robots' designer. Dr. Molovo.
Peter Brown uses this interaction, as well as Roz's experiences on the farm and during her escape to dig into the ideas of what is one's purpose, what does "defective" mean and what is adaptation. It's philosophical, but handled with gentleness and ease, reinforcing the message from the first book, and this series, really, that one should learn to accept and coexist with those who are different, rather than conquer or change them. It's a sweet story, like book one, and I understand there's another installment on the way, which I'm eager to read.
Meanwhile, Roz pines for her son Brightbill and her animal friends on the island. Even though she becomes indispensable at Hilltop Farm and has a good life there, Roz plans her escape with the help of Brightbill (who finds her from news from geese who've visited the farm) and Jaya and Jad. Her escape takes her through forests, fields, another city, water, and eventually, unfortunately, capture, and a conversation with the Rozzum robots' designer. Dr. Molovo.
Peter Brown uses this interaction, as well as Roz's experiences on the farm and during her escape to dig into the ideas of what is one's purpose, what does "defective" mean and what is adaptation. It's philosophical, but handled with gentleness and ease, reinforcing the message from the first book, and this series, really, that one should learn to accept and coexist with those who are different, rather than conquer or change them. It's a sweet story, like book one, and I understand there's another installment on the way, which I'm eager to read.
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