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Eager
Eager | Helen Fox
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It's the end of the 21st century where technocrats rule and robots take care of humans’ every need. Your house watches you, knows your secrets, and talks to you. And your closest friend can be—a machine? Gavin Bell and his teenage sister Fleur come from a middle-class family. Their much-loved, old-fashioned robot, Grumps, is running down and can’t be repaired, so a scientist friend loans them EGR3, an experimental new robot to help Grumps. EGR3, known as Eager, learns from his experiences, as a child would. He feels emotions—wonder, excitement, and loss. When the ultra high-tech, eerily human BDC4 robots begin to behave suspiciously, Eager and the Bells are drawn into a great adventure that is sometimes dark and often humorous. As Eager’s extraordinary abilities are tested to the limit, he will try to find the answer to this question: What does it mean to be alive? From the Hardcover edition.
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This book is a SF and can be used in the classroom as a LC, IR, SR or GR. #UCFLAE3414SP18
This book is set at the end of the 21st century and Technocrats are in control. In the story Gavin and Fleur get help from a robot named EGR3 to fix their robot Grumps. Eager is a self aware robot who begins to learn things for himself and is capable of emotion. Adventure unfolds when the new robots begin to behave suspicious!

Cruzdia1 A UDL strategy that would pair well with this book is 3.2: Highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships. This would fit well with this novel because it provides the opportunity for in depth discussion about the relationship between EGR3 and Gavin. By doing this students will be able to independently or with guidance discuss the relationships between the characters in the story and describe the dynamic between them. (edited) 7y
Cruzdia1 ESOL Strategies that pair well with this novel are 1, 5, and 6. 7y
Cruzdia1 The teaching resource that I‘ve attached is about using science fiction in the classroom. In it you can find suggested books and activities in order to engage your learners in science fiction. http://fablecroft.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/SciFi-in-the-classroom-Liter... 7y
devin.s I‘ve never heard of this book before! I love your resource, I will definitely have to check this out! 7y
RaimeyGallant Have you checked out the #teachersoflitsy hashtag yet? 7y
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