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Grade 4-6-Readers expecting the kind of gentle science fiction implied by the title and cover art will be surprised by this rather dark fantasy. Smoot is a Drudgebot, the lowest of the cylinder workers in Dome City. While his fellow Drudges are content to perform their computations, serve the Life Light, and listen to the wisdom beamed to them each day from Father Screen, Smoot asks questions. Why do the Halobots and the Guardbots do less work and receive more light rations than the underlings? Where are the legendary Makerbots? But curiosity is not encouraged in robot society, and Smoot finds himself exiled into the perilous outside. There he meets the last of the Makerbots, who tells the little Drudge that he has a special role to play in restoring liberty for the Dome dwellers. Smoot is a heroic character, facing Guardbots, the mad robot-eating Gremborgs, and the insane Father Screen with courage and cleverness. However, the other characters show little depth. The episodic plot contains a patchwork of elements from every filmic and literary future dystopia from Fritz Lang's Metropolis to George Orwell's 1984. The writing style is uneven, veering from overly whimsical to downright grim. There are many better science-fiction choices available.
Elaine E. Knight, Lincoln Elementary Schools, IL
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"an impressive work of children's literature...A moving story, told on a grand scale and wondrously illustrated..." -- Mid-West Book Review April, 2004
"this story is a thought-provoking way to initiate discussion of oppression, slavery, and prejudice in a manner youngsters can understand." -- Children's Literature Review May 2004
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Grade 4-6-Readers expecting the kind of gentle science fiction implied by the title and cover art will be surprised by this rather dark fantasy. Smoot is a Drudgebot, the lowest of the cylinder workers in Dome City. While his fellow Drudges are content to perform their computations, serve the Life Light, and listen to the wisdom beamed to them each day from Father Screen, Smoot asks questions. Why do the Halobots and the Guardbots do less work and receive more light rations than the underlings? Where are the legendary Makerbots? But curiosity is not encouraged in robot society, and Smoot finds himself exiled into the perilous outside. There he meets the last of the Makerbots, who tells the little Drudge that he has a special role to play in restoring liberty for the Dome dwellers. Smoot is a heroic character, facing Guardbots, the mad robot-eating Gremborgs, and the insane Father Screen with courage and cleverness. However, the other characters show little depth. The episodic plot contains a patchwork of elements from every filmic and literary future dystopia from Fritz Lang's Metropolis to George Orwell's 1984. The writing style is uneven, veering from overly whimsical to downright grim. There are many better science-fiction choices available.
Elaine E. Knight, Lincoln Elementary Schools, IL
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Review
"an impressive work of children's literature...A moving story, told on a grand scale and wondrously illustrated..." -- Mid-West Book Review April, 2004
"this story is a thought-provoking way to initiate discussion of oppression, slavery, and prejudice in a manner youngsters can understand." -- Children's Literature Review May 2004
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"If you asked a Drudgebot, he would tell you Dome City was the best place in, well, Dome City-because all the robots knew there was nothing outside the Dome, nothing but certain doom and blackness." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
trash conveyor, rocket shoes, light rations, little robot, golden armor, optical lenses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Father Screen, Dome City, Halo City, Happy Robots Produce Happy Fruit, Life Light, Light Vacuum, Maker Council, Master Halobot Snoot New!
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"If you asked a Drudgebot, he would tell you Dome City was the best place in, well, Dome City-because all the robots knew there was nothing outside the Dome, nothing but certain doom and blackness." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
trash conveyor, rocket shoes, light rations, little robot, golden armor, optical lenses Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Father Screen, Dome City, Halo City, Happy Robots Produce Happy Fruit, Life Light, Light Vacuum, Maker Council, Master Halobot Snoot New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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