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Synopsis
When Max--Maxine Zealster--befriends her new robot classmate Fuzzy, part of Vanguard One Middle School's new Robot Integration Program, she helps him learn everything he needs to know about surviving middle school--the good, the bad, and the really, really, ugly. Little do they know that surviving sixth grade is going to become a true matter of life and death, because Vanguard has an evil presence at its heart: a digital student evaluation system named BARBARA that might be taking its mission to shape the perfect student to extremes!
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Is Fuzzy appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 10 and up.
This middle-grade sci-fi features a friendly robot learning to navigate school alongside a human friend while facing a sinister AI evaluation system. Mild peril and tension around the threat from the school's AI, but age-appropriate for the target audience.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include manipulation.
Who'll love this
A robot trying to survive middle school teams up with a human friend to take on an evil computer system controlling their school.