In this "inventive, moving, and funny" (Jess Walter, #1 New York
Times bestselling author) coming-of-age novel, two human-like teen
robots navigate high school, basketball, and potentially
life-threatening consequences if their true origins are discovered by
the inhabitants of their intolerant 1980s Michigan hometown.
Fraternal twin brothers Darryl and Kanga are just like any other
teenagers trying to make it through high school. They have to deal with
peer pressure, awkwardness, and family drama. But there's one closely
guarded secret that sets them apart: they're robots. So long as they
keep their heads down, their robophobic neighbors won't discover the
truth about them and they just might make it through to graduation.
But when Kanga becomes the star of the basketball team, his worrywart
brother Darryl now has to work a million times harder to keep them both
out of the spotlight. Though they look, sound, and act perfectly
human, if anyone in their small, depressed Michigan town were to find
out what they truly are, they'd likely be disassembled by an angry mob
in the middle of their school gym.
"Curious, sweet, heartbreaking, and redemptive" (Delilah S. Dawson, New
York Times bestselling author), this is a funny, poignant look at
brotherhood, xenophobia, and the limits of one's programming.
