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House of robots

"Fifth-grader Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez struggles to fit in when his inventor mother requires him to take her latest creation, a robotic 'brother,' to school with him to learn to become a student"-- Provided by publisher.

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Main Authors:	Patterson, James, 1947-, Grabenstein, Chris (Author)
Other Authors:	Neufeld, Juliana, 1982- (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Patterson, James, 1947- House of robots ; bk. 1.
Subjects:	Robots > Juvenile fiction. Middle schools > Juvenile fiction. Schools > Juvenile fiction. Families > Juvenile fiction. Inventors > Juvenile fiction. Humorous fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:	"Fifth-grader Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez struggles to fit in when his inventor mother requires him to take her latest creation, a robotic 'brother,' to school with him to learn to become a student"-- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:	316 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Audience:	Middle School.
ISBN:	9780316405911 (hbk.) 0316405914 (hbk.) 9780316341523 9780316346795 0316341525
Author Notes:	Chris Grabenstein was born in Buffalo, New York on September 2, 1955. He studied journalism and theater at the University of Tennessee and then moved to New York City. For five years, he performed and won awards with some of the city's top Improvisational Comedy troupes. He wrote for Jim Henson's Muppets. In 1986, he and Ronny Venable wrote a TV movie for CBS called The Christmas Gift. He also worked as an advertising executive for close to twenty years. He won the Anthony Award for best first mystery for his first adult mystery Tilt-a-Whirl. His other novels for adults include Mad Mouse, Whack-a-Mole, Hell Hole, Mind Scrambler and Rolling Thunder. He received another Anthony Award and four Agatha Awards for his work. His books for younger readers include Escape from Mr. Lemonchello's Library, The Island of Dr. Libris, the Treasure Hunters series, the Haunted Mystery series, the Riley Mack series, and the I Funny series written with James Patterson. (Bowker Author Biography)