In late-twenty-first-century England, the Bell family, looking to replace their malfunctioning robot, buys Eager, who is programmed to learn through trial and error like humans and who, with the Bell children, comes to see that something is not right with the BDC4s, a sleek, alarmingly clever line of robots the Bells could not afford.
year: 2004, 2006
call number/section: 1000
subjects: robots, fiction, science fiction, juvenile fiction
Editions
Fox, Helen
Wendy Lamb Books (2004)
Unlike Grumps, their old-fashioned robot, the Bell family's new robot, Eager, is programmed to not merely obey but to question, reason, and exercise free will, and when the new model robots, BDC4s, begin to takeover, Eager must step in and help.
Schools: 22
Fox, Helen
Yearling (2006)
In late-twenty-first-century England, the Bell family, looking to replace their malfunctioning robot, buys Eager, who is programmed to learn through trial and error like humans and who, with the Bell children, comes to see that something is not right with the BDC4s, a sleek, alarmingly clever line of robots the Bells could not afford.
Schools: 4