Will McIntosh. (2017). Watchdog. Random House Children's Books.

Will McIntosh. 2017. Watchdog. Random House Children's Books.

Will McIntosh, Watchdog. Random House Children's Books, 2017.

Will McIntosh. Watchdog. Random House Children's Books, 2017.

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   • bioText: Will McIntosh is the author of several adult novels; many short stories; one young adult novel, Burning Midnight; and one middle-grade novel. He won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story and was a finalist for the Locus Award, and his novel Love Minus Eighty was an ALA-RUSA Reading List Selection for Science Fiction. Watchdog is his first novel for middle-grade readers. Will lives with his wife and twin children in Williamsburg, Virginia. Check out willmcintosh.net and follow him on Twitter at @WillMcIntoshSF to learn about his other sci-fi adventures.
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Thirteen-year-old twins Vick and Tara have built an incredible machine—a loyal robotic watchdog named Daisy. But, when local crime boss Ms. Alba schemes to add Daisy to her robot army, Vick and Tara must go to great lengths to protect their prized pet. Because Daisy is more than just any robot—she’s their constant protector, and together the three make a great team.
Vick and Tara are determined to stop the mob from tearing their little family apart. And they might just succeed! Sure, the evil Ms. Alba has more robot watchdogs, but none are as smart—or as faithful—as their Daisy. Plus, if things get too dangerous, Tara could always upgrade their pet. With her mechanical skills, she could make Daisy bigger, stronger, and a lot more intimidating!
A Junior Library Guild Selection
A 2019-2020 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List Selection
"Engaging, suspenseful, and with nearly all the vivid fighting confined to robots, this gritty tale is perfect for a younger audience than most post-apocalyptic stories." —Kirkus Reviews
"This compelling drama with cool tech themes and bad guys getting their comeuppance is a winner." —SLJ

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     "The grim setting is vividly depicted, and the clever-kid-against-mean-adult trope is both plausible and very satisfying. The fast-paced narrative readily conveys the looming sense of ever present danger. Engaging, suspenseful, and with nearly all the vivid fighting confined to robots, this gritty tale is perfect for a younger audience than most post-apocalyptic stories."
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   • source: Margaret Stohl, author of Marvel's Black Widow: Forever Red and coauthor of the internationally bestselling Beautiful Creatures series
   • content: "This fast-paced sci-fi adventure with an unsettling dystopian atmosphere should find easy appeal among a wide range of readers."
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     July 1, 2017
     

     Gr 4-6-In a near-future, robot-filled Chicago, things are tough for Vick and Tara, twins who are Brumbies, or homeless kids. Like others of their kind, they scavenge the city dump in search of scrap to sell or that Tara, who has autism, uses to make robots that are better than anyone else's. Her talent gets them in trouble, though, when she creates a creature that ruthless forces will stop at nothing to capture. The twins must team up with a band of other techie Brumbies to outwit Ms. Alba and her henchmen, some of them fearsome robots, and find the safety they've craved since becoming orphans. Middle graders will enjoy the robot elements as well as the fast-paced action as the twins evade violence and mete out some of their own. McIntosh, author of adult speculative fiction and short stories, crafts a credible world with relatable characters. VERDICT This compelling drama with cool tech themes and bad guys getting their comeuppance is a winner; hand to fans of Michael Buckley's "NERDS" and Stuart Gibbs's "Spy School" series.-Henrietta Verma, National Information Standards Organization, Baltimore

     Copyright 2017 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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     In a nasty, hyperstratified future, white twins Vick and Tara are on their own in the scary streets of Chicago, where economic disaster has laid waste to the poorer sections of the city.Although Tara is autistic--communicative but faced with worsening symptoms--she has a remarkable talent for designing the robot watchdogs that everyone uses for a variety of purposes. The pair scrounge for saleable electronics all day long in the blocks-long dump that's developed in their part of the city, and at night Tara tinkers. But after she finds an amazing chip among the debris, she crafts a seemingly sentient little critter, Daisy. Daisy's astonishing capabilities immediately attract the attention of the cruel overlord of the Chicago robotics world, Ms. Alba, an Asian woman who uses a group of imprisoned, mostly child workers to turn out watchdog robots. Her minions kidnap the siblings, but with Daisy's help they break out. It's only after they begin to accept help from other street kids that the believably portrayed Vick and Tara start to make a bit of progress. The grim setting is vividly depicted, and the clever-kid-against-mean-adult trope is both plausible and very satisfying. The fast-paced narrative readily conveys the looming sense of ever present danger. Engaging, suspenseful, and with nearly all the vivid fighting confined to robots, this gritty tale is perfect for a younger audience than most post-apocalyptic stories. (Post-apocalyptic adventure. 10-14)

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     Homeless thirteen-year-old twins Vick and Tara survive by scavenging junkyards. Tara, an autistic technical wizard, designs robot dog Daisy, which catches the eye of villainous crime boss Ms. Alba. In this dystopian world, the siblings must rely on help from other downtrodden individuals to save themselves and Daisy from a disastrous end. McIntosh combines science fiction and action in a thrilling yet heartwarming tale.

     (Copyright 2018 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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A Junior Library Guild Selection
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"Engaging, suspenseful, and with nearly all the vivid fighting...

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