Low Power

by Michael Rex, Michael Rex (Illustrator)

Overview

In this action-packed sequel by #1 New York Times bestselling creator Michael Rex, Fred shows us how all arguments, big and small, can be solved with kindness—even when it's not always welcomed!

Fred has made quite a name for himself as a peacemaker since his last adventure! Now everyone who loves to argue is coming to him for help resolving their disagreements, but there's just one problem . . . Fred is low on power. Thanks to the clouds of pollution in the sky, Fred's solar battery can't recharge.
    With the help of his best friend, Wormy, he sets off for SunTop—a city with a sky-high place where the sun can be seen. But once there, he's told that he can't recharge unless he stops a clan of garbage-like creatures from attacking every night. It's a race against time for Fred to solve the mystery of the Trash before he runs out of power forever!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593206416
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	08/15/2023
Series:	Your Pal Fred , #2
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	101 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Michael Rex has been writing and illustrating since 1995 and has created more than forty-five books for children, including the #1 bestseller and Halloween favorite Goodnight Goon. His Fangbone! graphic novels have been adapted into an animated TV show, and his recent picture book Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots is being developed for TV as well. He's written for all ages, from simple picture books such as Eat Pete to the illustrated chapter book series Icky Ricky. He travels the country talking about his work with students, has a master's degree in arts education, and also taught high school art for three years in the Bronx.
    He has been obsessed with postapocalyptic stories since he was young and has wanted to tell a story like Your Pal Fred for as long as he can remember. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, two teenage boys, and a dog named Roxy.

Twitter: @MikeRexBooks
Instagram: @Fangbone_Rex
Website: MikeRexBooks.blogspot.com

Editorial Reviews

"Robot Fred continues to wage peace across a devastated dystopia. So fearlessly does he mediate between sides while spreading his message about the value of listening and respecting differences, that readers can’t help but come to admire him and maybe even adopt some of his clever strategies."
—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2023-05-09
Robot Fred continues to wage peace across a devastated dystopia.

Having emerged from the ruins of a toy store in the opener (Your Pal Fred, 2022) into a desolate distant future, Fred has gone on to defuse many a burgeoning conflict among the scattered survivors—but can even his superb peacemongering skills suffice to settle dust-ups between large rival armies of navel innies and outies? Or, trickier still, handle a group of methane-blowing trash monsters and a town under the thumb of mercenary con artist Big Dawg and his masked Mutt-Men? As a further complication, even the most sophisticated solar-powered AI needs to recharge occasionally, but the only way to get above the clouds of pollution that permanently block the sun would be, say, to use a big balloon full of…gas. What to do? Looking mild and inoffensive with his big goggles and stylish blue quiff, pale, moon-faced Fred cuts an odd figure amid the ragged and barbarous-looking lot in Rex’s Mad Max–style settings, but so fearlessly does he mediate between sides while spreading his message about the value of listening and respecting differences, that readers can’t help but come to admire him and maybe even adopt some of his clever strategies.

Floats further inspiration for nonviolent conflict resolution. (Graphic science fiction. 7-10)

Kirkus Reviews