Your Robot Dog Will Die, Arin Greenwood
Your Robot Dog Will Die, Arin Greenwood
List: $15.99 | Sale: $11.20
Club: $7.99

Your Robot Dog Will Die

Author: Arin Greenwood

Narrator: Sandy Rustin

Unabridged: 5 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/17/2018

Synopsis

Fusing the heart of Julie of the Wolves with the imagination of Little Brother and Ship Breaker, this speculative YA is a must-read for any dog lover. When a global genetic experiment goes awry and canines stop wagging their tails, mass hysteria ensues and the species is systematically euthanized. But soon, Mechanical Tail comes to the rescue. The company creates replacements for “man’s best friend” and studies them on Dog Island, where 17-year-old Nano Miller was born and raised. Nano’s life has become a cycle of annual heartbreak. Every spring, she is given the latest robot dog model to test, only to have it torn from her arms a year later. But one day she makes a discovery that upends everything she’s taken for granted: a living puppy that miraculously wags its tail. And there is no way she’s letting this dog go.

About Arin Greenwood

Arin Greenwood is
a writer and former lawyer living just outside Washington, DC, with her
husband, Ray, their dog, Murray, and their cat, Derrick. Arin is an editor for the Huffington Post, covering
things both nerdy and weird—like Virginia cats running for US Senate—in and
around the nation’s capital. Her stories have appeared in Slate, the Washington City Paper, the American
Bar Association Journal, and dozens of other publications. Greenwood’s first novel,
Tropical Depression, was loosely based on the five-odd, sometimes very
odd, years she spent lawyering on a small island near Guam.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kathy on January 05, 2018

Arin Greenwood’s YOUR ROBOT DOG WILL DIE is a quirky YA novel set in a dystopian near-future when all but a handful of dogs have been necessarily euthanized after a genetics project gone wrong. The few remaining canines live in a sanctuary on Dog Island in southern Florida, tended by a group of anim......more

Goodreads review by Emilie on October 10, 2022

Unfortunately, Greenwood took an interesting idea, tried to cram it into less than 200 pages and make it appropriate for children (I'd argue it isn't), and chose a to publish an uncopyedited version for no apparent reason (I don't think I've ever seen so many typos in a single book). I really don't......more

Goodreads review by Maylène Gwenaëlle on April 01, 2021

Du skulle liksom handle om hunder. Jeg vil ikke lese om mennesker+ekstrem brå slutt. Alt i alt, ikke jævlig.......more

Goodreads review by Jeffrey on October 04, 2017

Nano Miller, a seventeen year-old girl has a problem. Every year she is given a new robot dog by Mechanical Tail, manufacturer of faux canines. But she first has to surrender last year’s model. Nano falls in love with each new robot dog during the year. So giving the old one up is rough. But she doe......more

Goodreads review by Terri Gagliardi on May 01, 2018

Wonderful book for any animal lover. Clever, heartfelt, quirky and thought-provoking. From page one, I found myself immersed in a future world with great characters and sweet animals. As I finished the book, I was sad to say goodbye to my new friends. It is one of those reads that sticks with you lo......more

Add to Cart
Add to Wish List