The runaway robot (A Junior Literary Guild selection) [Hardcover]

Lester Del Rey (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Westminster Press (1965)
• ASIN: B0007F2PKQ
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,764,739 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How to be human, December 16, 1999

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This review is from: Runaway Robot (Hardcover)

This is not only a child's adventure but a study in character development. As the robot is forced to overreach himself and his circuit design for the sake of the boy who loves him, he becomes a thoughtful, innovative, caring being. This is one of my all-time favorite books thirty years later.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My First Sci-Fi Book, January 27, 2008

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Keith Zabalaoui (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Runaway Robot (Paperback)

This book gets an automatic 5 star rating by virtue of it being my first ever science fiction novel. I must have been eight when I read it and I still have a copy in my library.

Written from the perspective of Rex the robot, the language is simple, the action exciting, and the story fun. It is a simple tale of loyalty that starts on Ganymede and ends on Earth, by way of Mars. As an extra bonus, its illustrated, albeit sparsely.

This is a good book for young readers, although you'll probably have to pay more than the $.50 cover price of my copy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book to read to your little robot lovers!, February 25, 2007

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S. Roumas - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Runaway Robot (Paperback)

We finished reading The Forgotten Door and are now in the midst of Runaway robot. I can hardly stand to put it down myself....the kids beg for "One more chapter, PLEASE!" every time my husband finishes reading one aloud.