A review by very_sunday
House of Robots by Chris Grabenstein, James Patterson

4.0

Sammy is beyond mortified when his brilliant scientist mom sends him to school with her latest robot creation, named E -- especially when everything goes so spectacularly wrong, starting with a nonstop spouting of facts in every class and ending with a fire that cleared out the whole school. As if he didn't get teased enough by No. 1 bully Cooper Elliot. Mom promises to fix E so he'll blend better with his classmates, but of course Sammy's skeptical that any version of E would be an improvement. But E 2.0 is much better, especially when all the kids see E do tricks on his specially made bike and help out everyone at school. Sammy's just about to admit to E that he really does appreciate him -- especially after some serious help with his bully problem

Spoiler

-- when E goes missing. Who could have taken him? And what will Sammy do without him?

This is a book for anyone who is interested in robots and intriguing characters. The theme of the book is friendship and learning to see the good in other people (or robots). I think this a great, lighthearted book and is a great starting point for a great series