âThis provocative jauntâŚdissects society, technology, othering, and what makes humanity human.â âPublishers Weekly (starred review)
âAn unpredictable, gross, and prescient rumination on modernity, media consumption, and machine-aided communication.â âBooklist (starred review)
Told with Andrew Smithâs signature dark humor, Rabbit & Robot tells the story of Cager Messer, a boy whoâs stranded on the Tennesseeâhis fatherâs lunar-cruise utopiaâwith insane robots.
To help him shake his Woz addiction, Billy and Rowan transport Cager Messer up to the Tennessee, a giant lunar-cruise ship orbiting the moon. Meanwhile, Earth, in the midst of thirty simultaneous wars, burns to ash beneath them. And as the robots on board become increasingly insane and cannibalistic, and the Earth becomes a toxic wasteland, the boys have to wonder if theyâll be stranded alone in space forever.
In Rabbit & Robot, Andrew Smith, Printz Honor author of Grasshopper Jungle, makes you laugh, cry, and consider what it really means to be human.