Cog by Greg Van Eekhout
Published by HarperCollins on October 1, 2019
ISBN: 0062686070
Pages: 208
Genres: Science Fiction
Format: Chapter Book Fiction
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Cog looks like a normal twelve-year-old boy but he is actually a highly advanced robot, programmed to learn and share his knowledge with others. Cog lives with his creator and teacher, a well-meaning engineer named Gina, who unwittingly tells Cog that sometimes we learn by making mistakes. Cog decides to purposefully make mistakes to increase his learning and ends up getting damaged. When Cog wakes after being repaired, he learns that he has been taken away from Gina and locked in a room at the uniMIND Technology Corporation. Uncomfortable with the way he is being treated, Cog decides to escape. Along the way, Cog enlists the help of four more robots: ADA, his newly found sister, Proto, a dog, Trashbot, and Car. The five robots go on a funny and fast-paced adventure to find Gina and escape the evil uniMIND, all the while making a lot of mistakes and learning to work together. A clever and heartwarming science fiction early middle grade novel.

Reviewed by Kathy George, Gray Public Library