Roboot by Amy Tintera

Reviewed by Lori

Reboot

Title: Reboot

Author: Amy Tintera

Perma-Bound Catalogue #: 93743

Description: Twelve-year-old Wren rises from the dead as a Reboot and is trained as an elite crime-fighting soldier, at seventeen she is happily training new Reboots until she is given an order she refuses to follow.

Rubric Rating: Level 3 - Laud It

Why I Read It: High/Low title with a great tag line.  5 years ago I died, 178 minutes later I woke up.

 Notes: This was a really good book.  Wren Connolly is a reboot.  At 12 years old she was shot and killed.  178 minutes later she woke up as a reboot.  At some point she was infected by the plague and this caused her body to reboot after death.  Now she is faster, stronger, less emotional, and heals quicker, and can only die if her brain is impaled.  Something of a mercenary zombie the reboots are given better food and housing than the rest of the population but they are also used a force to patrol the cities.  At 178 Wren is one of the highest level reboots.  The longer it takes to reboot the better you are.  At 17, Wren is one of the best and take on Callum Reyes, a 22, as her "newbie."  His easy smile and charm throw Wren off balance and she begins to feel things she hasn't felt in a long time, if ever.  But training a 22 isn't easy and he doesn't follow orders the way he should.  Now Wren is tasked with eliminating Callum, but it's an order she won't follow.  With the help of a sympathetic human, Wren 178 devises a plan to help Callum escape and join the rebooters that are rising up against HARC.  It turns out there are more humans willing to help than she thought and more rebooters on the run.  I enjoyed this book and kept thinking it would make a great movie - turns out the movie rights have been sold.  As I was reading, it felt like a mix between Divergent and The Maze Runner.  I'm very interested in reading the next book in the series - Rebel.

Recommended Readers: Grade 9 and up.  

 Cross-Genre Links: 
Movie: The Maze Runner
Movie: Divergent
TV Series: Dark Angel
Websearch: Reanimation

 Inquiries and Activities: 

  • Who is Wren Connolly?  What is her background?  What makes her unique?  
  • Who is Callum Reyes?  
  • Why do the reboots group themselves based on their numbers?  
  • Do you see this done at your school?  How do people group themselves?  
  • What happens when someone doesn’t follow the perceived order?  
  • Why does HARC only use rebooted children?  Why don’t they use adults?  
  • What do you think caused the plague?  Do you think it was natural or manmade?  
  • Why are humans rebelling against HARC?


 

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