After reading this, I am not to sure how many 9-12 year olds will take to this book.
The book features Winnie who is working on a robot for the STEM fair. Her plan is for a robot with artificial intelligence to be able to sing anything.
There is also her brother Winslow who plays football. He is said to be a fast runner but is put on the second string team. When one of the other players on the starting team is hurt, this causes Winslow to be the staring for the first team.
In the book, Winnie's robot is stolen by a mad scientist and some pigeons, Winnie and Winslow, along with the family cat and stray dog, embark on an adventure to get it back.
The book has an interesting story idea, but the author tends to get a little busy with the story telling. An example would be how you are reading about Winnie working on calculations for her robot and in the next breath she is chasing tapping noises in the wall. There is rats with green lantern rings, a metal hawk who is the mad scientist side kick, mystery heroes and as stated before, robot stealing pigeons. I feel the author tends to get away from the story at times, creating a mess and at times confusion. Granted at the end some of this madness comes together, but there was still some parts of the story left hanging.
I will say again, it is an interesting story idea, but could be cleaned up a bit to make an easier read. I recieved this item free or at a discounted price in exchange for my honest opinion.
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