The Wild Robot
Peter Brown (2016)
“A robot shipwrecked on a wild island must learn to become a mother, a neighbor, and something no one programmed her to be.”
Short Summary
A robot named Roz washes ashore on a remote wilderness island after a cargo ship sinks. Accidentally activated, she must learn to survive among animals who fear and distrust her. When she inadvertently destroys a goose nest and adopts the sole surviving gosling, Brightbill, Roz discovers something beyond her programming: maternal love. She builds a lodge, raises her son with help from a cunning fox named Fink, and gradually earns the island community's acceptance. But the robot factory that built her sends combat robots to reclaim their property, and Roz must sacrifice her island life to protect the family and community she has made.
Detailed Summary
ROZZUM unit 7134 activates on a remote, unnamed island after her shipping crate washes ashore from a sunken cargo vessel. She has no memory of her origin, no instructions, and no understanding of the natural world. The island's animals — bears, deer, otters, geese, and countless others — see her as ...