- Paperback: 57 pages
- Publisher: Scholastic Canada (Feb 1 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0439988241
- ISBN-13: 978-0439988247
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.2 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 68 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,267,902 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"This is a fun story for readers venturing past early chapter books. The story, which has a familiar theme of the struggle between technology overshadowing the basic values of life, has enough action and is well-paced to keep the reader's interest. Recommended." -- CM Magazine
Book Description
Local the Tinatron 1000. It may be the “perfect machine,” but Mrs. Quark wants it out of the house. So the Quarks ask Giles Barnes to baby-sit. From the beginning, the robot’s perfect ways make Giles’ life miserable. Then, while helping Mrs. Barnes with a few complex mathematical equations, the robot begins to malfunction. And before anyone can fix it, Tinatron is gone! Once again, it’s up to Giles, with help from Kevin and Tina, to track down the robot and bring everything – including Tina’s runaway ego – back to normal!
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun Read,
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This review is from: A Crazy Case of Robots (Paperback)
This is one of the first three books released in a new series by Kenneth Oppel. First published in 1994 by Scholastic, now reprinted by Harper Collins, the first three books were released in February 2010, with three more slated for release in May. Kenneth Oppel on his blog talks about this series being written to be a resource between picture books and full novels for younger readers. It seems like it will do a good job and fill that niche.Tina and Kevin Quark are child geniuses, and this year for the science fair Tina has created a fully functioning, learning Robot, the Tinatron 1000. But her parents will not let her keep it in the house. They persuade Giles Barnes' parents to allow it to stay with them, in part because Mrs. Barnes is a university professor and she can have high-end mathematical conversations with the Robot. But while Mrs. Barnes is trying to solve a difficult math solution, the Robot shorts out and starts to make mistakes. Soon it is missing and Giles and the Quarks are on the hunt for a lost and broken Robot. It is a great fun read, for children of all ages.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Another Great Book in the Series,
By Nicola Manning - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Crazy Case of Robots (Paperback)
Tina Quark is at it again and this time she's gone too far. For her science fair project she creates an intelligent robot called the Tinatron and from there plans to build many more to replace people the world over. Her mum and dad can't stand the thing so she convinces the Barnes' to look after it for a few days while she works on her parents. Well, the robot's insistence on everything being perfect drives Giles and his dad crazy but his mum is found having tea with it in the living room one day discussing mathematical equations (she is a math professor) and they become best buddies working on the ultimate equation. But then Tinatron's circuits spark and start to overload and they have a rogue robot on their hands who runs away. Can they find her and fix her before something terrible happens? Another great entry in the series. The most noticeable aspect here is that Kevin Quark's character has evolved from the dopey but happy slave of his brainy sister to a more regular kid who is overshadowed and bossed around by his brainy slave, making him a more believable and likable character. Otherwise everyone else is true to form. Tina is hit with some situations where we find that under that smart alek exterior there really is a kind heart. I really enjoyed the inclusion of Giles' mother in the story. Plus this book adds some variety by being science themed rather than supernatural in nature ass the first two. I'm loving this little series that has great appeal for both boys and girls, but certainly is one to add to the list of early chapter books for boys.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good, Fun Read,
By Steven R. McEvoy "MCWPP" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Crazy Case of Robots (Paperback)
This is one of the first three books released in a new series by Kenneth Oppel. First published in 1994 by Scholastic, now reprinted by Harper Collins, the first three books were released in February 2010, with three more slated for release in May. Kenneth Oppel on his blog talks about this series being written to be a resource between picture books and full novels for younger readers. It seems like it will do a good job and fill that niche.Tina and Kevin Quark are child geniuses, and this year for the science fair Tina has created a fully functioning, learning Robot, the Tinatron 1000. But her parents will not let her keep it in the house. They persuade Giles Barnes' parents to allow it to stay with them, in part because Mrs. Barnes is a university professor and she can have high-end mathematical conversations with the Robot. But while Mrs. Barnes is trying to solve a difficult math solution, the Robot shorts out and starts to make mistakes. Soon it is missing and Giles and the Quarks are on the hunt for a lost and broken Robot. It is a great fun read, for children of all ages. |
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