Boffin Brainchild is clever - and bored. He's been programmed to learn like achild, so standing on a plinth in the science museum is no fun. Along comesTom. Boffin escapes with him (despite Tom's best efforts) on the school coach.What can Tom do? Terrified of being accused of stealing the robot, he disguisesBoffin as a real boy. But how long can Tom fool his parents - and his school?Having the world's most valuable robot to stay is the most exciting thing, butdefinitely the scariest, that Tom's ever known. This collision of robotics andnormality sets up a story of constant humour and tense drama, with somethought-provoking questions of science and humanity. Above all, whatresponsibility does Tom feel for this machine that's wished itself on him andnow wants the life of a real boy? "Boffin Brainchild" is a gripping,stimulating tale from first to last.Review"A real page turner and great fun!" - Michael Morpurgo "... a great book foryounger readers - clever, thought-provoking and funny." - Clare Poole, P & GWells, Winchester, children's bookseller and reviewerAbout the AuthorJill Jennings lives in North Yorkshire with her family and 14 animals. A radiotalk about how future robots could learn, heard in a traffic jam on the way toher dentist, inspired "Boffin". But having several uncles who were inventorsand engineers probably helped too. This is Jill's second children's book. Herfirst was "Pyjama Jones", an adventure in which Tony Jones falls into a secretcity of ancient Egyptians right under his feet and is soon running for hislife!"
