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Synopsis
The inspiration for Netflix blockbuster starring Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt. A teen girl and her robot embark on a cross-country mission in this illustrated science fiction story, perfect for fans of Fallout and Black Mirror. In late 1997, a runaway teenager and her small yellow toy robot travel west through a strange American landscape where the ruins of gigantic battle drones litter the countryside, along with the discarded trash of a high-tech consumerist society addicted to a virtual-reality system. As they approach the edge of the continent, the world outside the car window seems to unravel at an ever faster pace, as if somewhere beyond the horizon, the hollow core of civilization has finally caved in.
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Is The Electric State appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
A visually stunning illustrated sci-fi road trip featuring a teen runaway and her robot companion traveling through a collapsed America littered with war machines and addicted to virtual reality. Contains moderate dystopian violence and dark themes of societal decay.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include addiction, death, and abandonment (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens will be drawn to the haunting illustrated journey across a fallen America with giant battle drones and a mysterious robot companion.