Echo boy
By: Matt Haig
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9781782300069; 9781448172504
Subjects: Juvenile fiction; Androids; Robots; Fiction; Grief; Fantasy; Interpersonal relations; Dystopias; Friendship; Artificial intelligence
Description: Set In the future where global warming has caused drastic changes to the world. Technology has improved and almost every home has its own echo (humanlike androids) to do menial work. Main character Audrey's father is against the use of echoes and taught her to maintain her humanity. But then she meets Daniel an echo who can actually feel. When Audrey finds herself in dangerous situation Daniel is determined to save her.
Table of contents: title: Audrey's father taught her that to stay human in the modern world, she had to build a moat around herself; a moat of books and music, philosophy and dreams. A moat that makes Audrey different from the echoes: sophisticated, emotionless machines, built to resemble humans and to work for human masters. Daniel is an echo; title: but he's not like the others. He feels a connection with Audrey; a feeling Daniel knows he was never designed to have, and cannot explain. And when Audrey is placed in terrible danger, he's determined to save her.