Mina’s plans for summer are as Hang out with her best friend. Work up the nerve to ask out the girl she's crushing on. Use homemade explosives to blow one tiny, inconsequential hole into the side of a mountain. Avoid her parents (if/when they ever bother to come home).
Finding a spaceship trapped within The Hill was not on the list. But Mina isn’t one to back down from a challenge, especially when robots and alien lifeforms are involved. Her tinkering sets in motion a chain of events that pull her, and her friends, deeper into Outrider and its mysteries. A long-dormant foe, newly revived and bent on conquering Earth, is out for revenge and finds the set of teens attempting to stand in their way laughable.
Follow the team as they learn how to save the world in their new super suits, and giant robots. Mina is very excited about the giant robots.
With any luck, they’ll manage it all without breaking curfew.
I have been looking for the spiritual inheritor of ‘Batteries Not Included’ my whole life and I found it. It checks off all my adventure joys — found family, a joke around every corner, best friends, friendly robots who just want to help, and a ragtag group of kids that take on all the challenges. It was a complete joy to read. More please.
Enjoyed this book. The characters and their interactions with their witty little banter keep you entertained, as well as the personification of the robots, I had tears for them at one point. I would recommend this to anyone who likes a bit of sci-fi YA action and fighting robots. I am patiently waiting for the next to be released, and to jump back onboard Outrider.