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EAGER Helen Fox Hardcover | Wendy Lamb Books | June 2004 | $15.95 | 0-385-74672-5 | Ages 8-12 Hardcover Library Binding | Wendy Lamb Books | June 2004 | $17.99 | 0-385-90903-9 | Ages 8-12

More than anything, Fleur Bell wants to replace their old, broken-down robot, Grumps, with one of the new, sleek BDC4 robots her best friend Marcia just received. This robot is so advanced that LifeCorp, the company selling them, advertises them as “robots by name, friends by nature.” Instead, her father gets them a strange-looking robot that is a prototype called EGR3. Nicknamed Eager by the Bell family, they notice that he, too, is different from most robots because he seems almost human—displaying emotions, asking questions, and learns from his experiences. Even though Fleur is impressed with Marcia's robot, she can't help but feel that there is something wrong with it, something she just can't put her finger on. When Marcia calls Fleur one day in a panic telling her that BDC4 has taken her family hostage, Fleur realizes that not only Marcia's computer has gone haywire, but all of the BCD4's in their city have, too. Thinking that LifeCorp might be behind the attacking robots, Fleur, her brother, Eager, and Marcia try must find out the real reason the robots are behaving the way they are, otherwise their city will be overtaken.

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Prepared by Brenda Day, Library Media Specialist, Crowley Middle School, Crowley, Texas

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