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Runaway Robot

Runaway Robot

by Frank Cottrell Boyce (Author), Frank Cottrell Boyce (Author), Frank Cottrell Boyce (Author), Frank Cottrell Boyce (Author), Steven Lenton (Illustrator)

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    Hardcover 2019

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Synopsis

Alfie is off school after an accident in which he lost both his hand and his confidence. He's lonely all day on his own. So when he
comes across Eric, a one-legged robot in need of a friend, he brings him home with him.

But a ban on humanoid robots has just been passed, which means Alfie is breaking the law by sheltering Eric.

Can he keep his new friend safe - and himself out of trouble?

A funny and heartwarming adventure about two best friends helping put themselves back together, from the award-winning Frank Cottrell-Boyce.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 288
 Edition: Main Market
 Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Published: 02 May 2019
ISBN 10: 1509851771
ISBN 13: 9781509851775
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
 Book Overview: What if your best friend was a robot?

Author Bio

Frank Cottrell-Boyce is an award-winning author and screenwriter. Millions, his debut children's novel, won the CILIP Carnegie Medal. He is also the author of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again, Cosmic, Framed and The Astounding Broccoli Boy. His books have been shortlisted for a multitude of prizes, including the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, the Whitbread Children's Fiction Award (now the Costa Book Award) and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth was shortlisted for the 2017 CILIP Carnegie Medal and selected for the inaugural WHSmith Tom Fletcher Book Club.

Frank is a judge for the BBC Radio 2 500 Words competition and, along with Danny Boyle, devised the Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics. He has written for the hit TV series Dr Who and was the screenwriter for the hit film Goodbye Christopher Robin.

Steven Lenton hails from Cheshire where he spent many a school holiday working in the family Pom-pom Factory. Along with illustrating books, including Runaway Robot, Steven also designs greeting cards and prints. Steven lives with his partner and his dog in Crouch End where he dunks endless amounts of biscuits in big red spotty cups of tea whilst listening to Radio 2.