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Forest Shade Middle School, home of the Raccoons, is the school that always comes in last, so Luke Abbott does not have high hopes for the outcome when he is coerced into joining the Robotics team when he would rather be playing Alien Onslaught with his online friend, Randy. Luke has enough to worry about with his brother Rob going into the Marines, his grandmothers constantly pinching his cheeks, and his grandfathers thinking he should be playing football instead of video games. Reluctantly, Luke attends the first Robotics meeting, and finds his teammates to be an interesting collection of misfits, including the scariest kid in school, Lunchbox Jones, and Luke’s personal nemesis, Missy the Cruel.
As the semester progresses, true to Forest Shade tradition, everyone gets discouraged and quits the team, except for Luke and Lunchbox Jones. Lunchbox’s proficiency at programming the robot earns Luke’s admiration, and the two boys become friends. Soon the other team members come trickling back, and though the robot undergoes a transformation, the most important transformation is in Luke.
How Lunchbox Jones Saved Me from Robots, Traitors and Missy the Cruel is an engaging story that follows Luke through a difficult year, and shows his growing capacity for empathy and understanding. Written for a middle school audience, the book has plenty of humor and is populated with realistic characters that the reader will no doubt find familiar from personal experience. Jennifer Brown has created an enjoyable story that I believe the eight to twelve year-old reader can easily relate to.
Book Stats:
- Age Range: 8 - 12 years
- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens (August 11, 2015)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1619634546
- ISBN-13: 978-1619634541
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Summary : How Lunchbox Jones Saved Me from Robots, Traitors, and Missy the Cruel is an engaging story that follows Luke through a difficult year, and shows his growing capacity for empathy and understanding. Written for a middle school audience, the book has plenty of humor and is populated with realistic characters that the reader will no doubt find familiar from personal experience. Jennifer Brown has created an enjoyable story that I believe the eight to twelve year-old reader can easily relate to.
