Kirjahaku

Martin and his friend Anton love solving problems and making things, mainly mechanical things they call their projects. Their main project is 'Risper', a robot that lives in Martin's backpack and goes everywhere with him. Anton is in Year Eight and is almost thirteen, while Martin is in Year Seven and isn't even ten. He is probably the smartest boy at school. Martin's young age causes a few problems with other students, while Anton helps him out where he can.Throughout the school year, Risper's capability and personality continue to grow. That is despite the fact that Martin and Anton spend a lot of their time working on their other robotic and power saving devices. The story is a year in the life of two boys as they build a robot and deal with some of life's challenges.

Michael and most of the other children living in their small community are somewhat neglected. A victim of his parents' physical and emotional abuse, like all children, he has an instinctive need to please, and he tries to do his best to limit the punishment. Because it is the only world he and the other children know, they don't realise the extent to which they are being mistreated. Then one particularly dreadful day, his parents' lack of care leaves Michael and his cousin Julie in mortal danger, only seconds away from death, or perhaps a fate even worse.

Brought up in isolation by a robot, the twelve-year-old Byte, with no knowledge of lying, cheating or sarcasm, found himself on a giant military space cruiser with over 11,000 crew members. Most of the crew were fourteen or fifteen-year-olds, used to cheating, stealing, and lying, just to survive on the large vessel.With only his robot to protect him, Byte sets out on an adventure that would take him throughout the Galaxy.