The Wild Robot meets Sweet Tooth in the first book in a sweeping
adventure series packed with robots, smugglers, battles, and a lonely
boy trying to find where he fits in the world.
Eleven-year-old Noah has grown up in a mysterious house that grows
larger every night with only his mother and a robot-boy for company. He
spends his days building robotic devices for the city of Liberty, a
place he's not even allowed to visit--not since his father almost
destroyed it when Noah was only a baby.
When Noah discovers a message hidden in one of his father's inventions,
he decides to run away to find him. He's sure that at his father's side
he'll finally get the recognition he deserves. With the help of a band
of smugglers (especially unofficial second in command, young Winona), he
sails to Singe to rescue his father, who he's certain is as
misunderstood as he is, but the man he finds there is even more of a
monster than his mechanical creations. And when Noah returns home, he
accidentally leads his father's robot army to Liberty once more.
Now, it's up to Noah to rescue the city--but to do so, he'll have to
make a terrible choice.