The Wild Robot

After a hurricane, a crate washes onto a remote island, and when it opens, a robot called Roz switches on with no idea where she is or what she is for. The island's animals fear her, so Roz has to learn to survive among them, taking her lessons from the creatures who live there and slowly earning a place in their world.

Her life changes when she becomes the guardian of an orphaned gosling named Brightbill. Raising him draws her into friendships with the island's creatures, among them a sly fox, a motherly opossum and an old goose, and through the seasons she starts to feel at home. Then a ship arrives, and the world Roz came from catches up with her.

Peter Brown wrote and illustrated this middle grade novel for readers around 8 to 12. It is the first of three books, followed by The Wild Robot Escapes and The Wild Robot Protects, and it was adapted into a 2024 DreamWorks animated film.