The Wild Robot Protects

**Author: Peter Brown**
**Published September 26, 2023**
**Page Count: 288**

Roz the robot from The Wild Robot and The Wild Robot Escapes is back for one more story. This time a “poison tide” is slowly killing the sea life in its path. When it makes its way to Roz’s island the animals are stuck without being about to go into the ocean and the poison is affecting the island’s ecosystem and food. Roz must set out across the ocean to figure out where the problem is coming from and how to fix it.

Reading Audience:

Like the others in this series, the chapters are short, and the book itself is not very long. Amazon suggests 6-8 years. This is a great one to read out loud or listen to on Audible.

Stuff to be aware of:

Grossness/Sadness - Like the other books, this one does not shy away from the harsh side of nature that deals with death. Fish and turtle eggs are both killed by the poison tide and are found washed up on shore. A seal gets a bloody nose. A bird mentions eating dead fish that were floating on the water. There is a frozen mouse mentioned.

An octopus mentions that after she lays her eggs she will die before they hatch.

Sexual - Glimmerwing, is mentioned at being Brightbill’s “mate” and that they have a “union.”

There is a very brief scene that sees Roz talking to a group of sea life about the sex of a goby fish. Roz is asked if she is male or female. She explains that robots are neither male or female, but is programmed to be female. The sea life mentions a goby fish that is sometimes male and sometimes female. Roz remembers a type of frog that can change it’s sex (think Jurassic Park). Roz felt a connection to the goby fish. This interaction only is a few lines in the text.

Violence - Fish are caught in a net. A bird gets caught in an engine and dies.

On character mentions that, “violence is the only way.” A shark attacks and bites Roz. A big part of the end of the book is sea life attacking and sinking a huge boat. No humans are harmed.

Overall

You won’t find too much to be aware of in this story that you didn’t see in the first two outside of the male/female conversation about the goby fish. There is a very positive message in this book about the beauty of the world and protecting it which is great.

As far as the story goes, this third book was not nearly as good or emotional as the first two. The first two books felt like a complete series that were fully fleshed out and came to a very fulfilling conclusion. While it was neat to see characters later in their life and (spoiler alert) Roz becoming a grandmother, the “poison tide” story felt a little forced just to give the characters something else to do for a sequel.

It wasn’t bad, just not as good as the first two.

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