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The Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot, 2)
Last updated Monday, April 4, 2022
Author: Peter Brown
Date of Publication: 2018
ISBN: 0316382043
Grade Level: 5th (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.)
Date(s) Used: Apr. 2022
Synopsis:
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?
From bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator Peter Brown comes a heartwarming and action-packed sequel to his New York Times bestselling The Wild Robot, about what happens when nature and technology collide.
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This book is the sequel to the book THE WILD ROBOT in which we learn that Roz the robot becomes a special kind of robot on an isolated island. She becomes able to act and think on her own and develops relationships with the animals there. In this book she wants to get back to the island.
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Roz has been repaired and sold to a dairy farmer and his family. She wants nothing more than to leave and back to her island.
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If you had a robot, what kinds of things would you want it to do for you?
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How do you think robots will work in the future?
Vocabulary:
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robot: a machine or mechanical device that operates with humanlike skill.
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activate: to make active, cause to function or act.
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dairy farm: a place where production and processing of milk and milk products take place.
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cavernous: a large open space resembling a cavern or cave.
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camouflage: concealing a person or object by making it appear to be part of the natural surroundings.
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drone: a remotely controlled aircraft without a pilot on board.
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Robots do lots of things that people can do. Can you name some? Can you think of some they might do in the future?
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You can read all about Roz’s previous adventures on the island in THE WILD ROBOT by Peter Brown. It was an earlier Reading to Kids Book Selection (April 2019). Copies should be in your school library.
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