Robot Dreams
Sara Varon
First Second, 2007
$16.99, Paperback
978-1596431089
February 29th, 2012
Genre:
Realistic
Age: 8+
Description:
Dog sends away for a Build Your Own Robot kit. With his new buddy, Robot, they
have fun watching movies and hanging out. When they decide to take a trip in
August to a Dog Beach, a horrible accident leaves Robot
rusted and unable to move. Seeing no alternative, Dog abandons Robot. The rest
of the story follows their lives for the next year as they try to forget that
horrible day at the beach.
Opinion:
While Varon’s drawings are cute, her story is much deeper than one would assume
just by glancing at the cover. In a 200+ page wordless graphic novel so much is
actually said. Dog attempts to move on by finding new friends—all of which are
fleeting (birds who have to fly south for the winter, a snowman that melts once
summer comes) and Robot is left to dreaming of a better existence. In the end,
they each move on by finding new friends and family but the story is an
emotional look at the nature of friendship and loss.
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