The Wild Robot
by Peter Brown
★ Top 25 book of 2016 · #22 on Best Books of 2016
Roz, a robot, wakes up alone on a remote island with no memory of how she arrived. To survive, she must adapt and learn from the wary animals around her, but her mysterious past eventually catches up with her.
Best for: Young readers who like survival adventures with animals and a robot hero
The Wild Robot is #22 on BookWard's Best Books of 2016, out of 68 2016 books that cleared our data bar.
What The Wild Robot is about
Roz, a robot, switches on for the first time on a remote island with no memory of how she arrived and no sense of what she is meant to do. She only knows she has to survive. A fierce storm and a vicious bear attack make the lesson plain: the island will not bend to her, so she must bend to it. Her best hope is to watch the animals who live there, however unwelcoming they are, and learn their ways.
Slowly, as she makes friends among them, the place begins to feel like home. But her mysterious past has not finished with her. Peter Brown, who also illustrates, wrote this first book in a series for young readers. It suits children who like stories about belonging, friendship across differences, and the question of what makes someone who they are.
The Wild Robot on the Best Books of 2016
The Wild Robot came out in 2016. Of the 68 books first published in 2016 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #22 on our Best Books of 2016 list.
Why it made the list: 432 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.4 out of 5 (34 ratings); 20 are reading it right now. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2016 list
- Pillow Thoughts Courtney Peppernell, #20
- The Sun Is Also a Star Nicola Yoon, #21
- The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Regan Barnhill, #23
- Grit Angela Duckworth, #24
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 384 want to read it, 20 are reading it now and 28 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.4 out of 5 from 34 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 56 | 55% |
| Reader love | 84 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 53 | 20% |
Questions about The Wild Robot
When was The Wild Robot published?
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown was first published in 2016.
Was The Wild Robot one of the best books of 2016?
The Wild Robot is #22 on BookWard's Best Books of 2016, out of 68 2016 books that cleared our data bar. 432 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.4 out of 5 (34 ratings); 20 are reading it right now.
Why is The Wild Robot on the Best Books of 2016 list?
432 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.4 out of 5 (34 ratings); 20 are reading it right now.
More of the best books of 2016
- It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover, #1
- Dog Man Dav Pilkey, #2
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Mark Manson, #3
- Never Split the Difference Chris Voss, #4
- The Hidden Oracle Rick Riordan, #5
- Born a Crime Trevor Noah, #6
See the full Best Books of 2016, the Top 100, or new books on Rising.
How we know
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