Kate's Reaching for Books

In the book, The Wild Robot Escapes, by Peter Brown, it is a story about Roz, a robot, that was captured by the makers who made Roz but since she ended up on an island. She became very attached to the animals on the island and she wants to escape from her new owner Mr. Shareef who is a framer with two children. Since Roz was on an island, she learned how to speak in animal language so she would talk to the cows, when she was milking them. Roz had a strong relationship with the animals on the farm, but as a flock of geese landed at the farm, she knew it was Brightbill her beloved son. However Roz could not just go and run with Brightbill since Mr. Shareef had a tracker on Roz. Eventually the thought of a plan and ran away together. But that won’t stop Mr. Shareef from getting Roz back. Will Roz ever get caught? Will she ever go back to the island and get reunited with her friends? Read The Wild Robot Escapes to find out but first read the Wild Robot.

In the book, The Land Of Stories the Wishing Spell, by Chris Colfer, it is a story about twins who one twin named Alex is given a book that seems odd and even glows. So Alex decides to open it with her brother, Connor, when they open it they appear in a different world. When they figure out that they can not get out of the mysterious world, they are created by a frog named Froggy who tells them about the wishing spell and how they can wish for anything they want. But then they figure out that someone else is casing after the same spell and it is a race to see who can obtain the wishing spell first. They are guided by Foggy and meet a few friends along the way but who will get the wishing spell first? Read the Land of  Stories the Wishing Spell to find out. These two books are connected because both of the main characters are trying to return home and be reunited with their friends and family members.

In the book, The Wild Robot, by Peter Brown, it is a story of a robot named Roz who was on her way to a new home when a hurricane came and sank the boat drifting her away until she ended up on a small island.  Some otters were investigating Roz and accidentally turned her on and most of the animals did not greet her very well. Until she saved a goose egg, she raised the little goose named Brightbill very well and even made a home for the both of them. Until winter came around, Brightbill had to migrate and Roz had to stay. Then one day, she was traveling in the cold winter when she saw a frozen animal and decided  to let animals come in for warmth. She even made multiple cabins too! winter ended and spring came around and Brightbill had returned and they told each other what had happened over the winter. What other mysteries will happen? Will Roz ever be found? Read The Wild Robot to find out.

Another book that is a good option after you have read The Wild Robot, is PIE by Sarah Weeks. The book is about a young girl named Alice who loved her aunt Polly. But Aunt Polly wasn’t a regular aunt and she had a gift of making pies. Aunt Polly had died one day, and Alice was so very sad. Until she saw what was on her will. She had given her famous pie crust recipe to her beloved cat Lardo, and her beloved cat Lardo was given to ALICE! Soon after Alice found Lardo missing and found that Aunt Polly’s pie shop was broken into will Alice ever find out who broke into the pie shop and who stole Lardo? What is the reason someone would do this? Read PIE to find out but first read, The Wild Robot by Peter Brown.