The Robot

by Paul Watson

Overview

Science-loving Gabe and girl-crazy Dover are best friends. In fact, they're practically each other's only friends. So when Gabe's parents leave town for the weekend, he lets Dover convince him to break into his father's basement laboratory-even though he knows it's off-limits under penalty of lifelong grounding. Once inside, the boys make a shocking discovery, one that will turn a boring weekend into a hilarious madcap adventure: a smoking hot robot!

While Gabe and Dover argue over "Trina," the robot flees the lab. The chase is on! Before the day is over, she'll expose a traitorous plot, catapult two geeky freshmen to high school fame, and try to assassinate Dr. Phil!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101543269
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	07/21/2011
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	252 KB
Age Range:	12 Years

About the Author

Paul E. Watson lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Editorial Reviews

A wildly improbable male teen fantasy of a super-sexy robot and the two geeks who discover it only to realize too late that they are messing with top-secret government property.

Gabe and Dover establish their nerd bona fides to readers early on when they are dumped into actual garbage. The plot kicks in when they sneak into Gabe's genius father's lab and discover T.R.I.N.A., a gorgeous, biologically realistic "female" robot they are sure will raise their status out of the Dumpster.The two manage to activate Trina after first checking for underwear. There is none. The sophomoric humor is endlessly fueled by a crassly juvenile sexual focus that supposedly matches typical adolescent fantasies. Gabe finds himself thinking of Trina as a romantic partner and grows offended by Dover's single-minded obsession with sex as they first lose and then furiously chase their robot to a high-school drinking party and ultimately into a clash with top-secret agents. None of this is particularly funny, realistic or clever. However, that shouldn't keep its target audience from enjoying this fast-paced, mindless adventure.A subplot in which Gabe suffers from his father's intimidating and browbeating parenting style is similarly unsatisfying.

Equally demeaning to geeks, women and teenboys, the appeal to the lowest common denominatoris safely assured.(Adventure. 11-15)

Kirkus Reviews