It has great racial and gender diversity. This book earns an A+ for diversity and inclusion it’s actually amazing how much representation is packed into this book. She is trying to keep to herself and just work on her artwork, but doesn’t really understand how lonely she is inside. She doesn’t mean to cause trouble, but has been bottling up her emotions about her parents’ recent death, and tends to explode in anger at her teachers and classmates. Allie is completely uninterested in robotics, but is forced to join the team when the school principal gives her one last chance to get her behavior under control. The team is far off-track and everyone is frustrated to the point where their teacher is threatening to take away Evelyn’s leadership position. Since she won’t let her teammates do much, they’ve lost motivation and aren’t helping. Evelyn is so concerned about winning, though, that she is taking too much control of the robot. If she can get them to recruit her to their team in the future, she’d greatly increase her chances of a college scholarship, which is important because money is tight in her family. She’s also trying to attract the attention of the Tech Tigers, who frequently have a strong team.
If the team gets to nationals she will see her best friend Naiely who recently moved away. She is especially motivated to win the robotics competition, for a couple of reasons. Evelyn is the team’s leader, and has loved robotics for years. The viewpoint alternates between two girls on the team, Evelyn and Allie.
This is the story of a team of students participating in a robotics competition.
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