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Eager

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San Val, Incorporated, Jan 1, 2006 - Juvenile Fiction - 280 pages
It's the end of the 21st century where technocrats rule and robots take care of humans' every need. Your house watches you, knows your secrets, and talks to you. And your closest friend can be--a machine?
Gavin Bell and his teenage sister Fleur come from a middle-class family. Their much-loved, old-fashioned robot, Grumps, is running down and can't be repaired, so a scientist friend loans them EGR3, an experimental new robot to help Grumps. EGR3, known as Eager, learns from his experiences, as a child would. He feels emotions--wonder, excitement, and loss. When the ultra high-tech, eerily human BDC4 robots begin to behave suspiciously, Eager and the Bells are drawn into a great adventure that is sometimes dark and often humorous. As Eager's extraordinary abilities are tested to the limit, he will try to find the answer to this question: What does it mean to be alive?

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User Review  - Ariel G. - Goodreads

This book tells the story of the Bells, a middle-class family who live in a future world where oil is scarce and robots are common. When Grumps, the aging family robot, starts to have technical issues ... Read full review

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User Review  - Bruce - Goodreads

WALL-E and Asimov fans take note. I have nothing to add to the publisher's synopsis, which I wholeheartedly endorse as an accurate summary of the book's plot and themes. I'll post here to save for ... Read full review

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Eager-Helen Fox | Kids Book Blog
This book is about the friendship between robots and humans. Gavin and Fleur Bell live in the 21st century where technocrats look down on people and where
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MCBAG Book Discussion 2007-2008: Eager by Helen Fox
Unlike Grumps, their old fashioned robot, the Bell's family's new robot, Eager, is programmed to not only obey but to question, reason, and exercise free ...
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Kidsreads.com - EAGER by Helen Fox
It's the end of the 21st century in England, and EAGER is full of fascinating details of life in the future: clothes and rooms that change color, ...
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Teachers@Random Catalog | Eager by Helen Fox
Eager Written by Helen Fox | Wendy Lamb Books | Hardcover | June 2004 | $15.95 | 978-0-385-74672-4 ... RELATED LINKS Click Here for the Eager booktalk.
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West Sussex Grid for Learning: Fox, Helen
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Eager (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The plot is set in England in the end of the 21st Century, and revolves around a new type of robot that can think for itself (called Eager). ...
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Internet Book List :: Book Information: Eager
EGR3, known as Eager, learns from his experiences, as a child would. He feels emotions—wonder, excitement, and loss. When the ultra high-tech, eerily human ...
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About the author (2006)

Helen Fox is on the faculty of the Sweetland Writing Center at the University of Michigan where she heads the Graduate Student Writing Project. She is the author of When Race Breaks Out: Conversations about Race and Racism in University Classrooms (2001) and Listening to the World: Cultural Issues in Academic Writing (1994).

Bibliographic information

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TitleEager
AuthorHelen Fox
PublisherSan Val, Incorporated, 2006
ISBN1417733950, 9781417733958
Length280 pages
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Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic
Juvenile Fiction / Science & Technology
  
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