Monstrous Devices

 

Shirley J.                  Juvenile Fiction                           Grandparents/Secret Agents/Experiments

Monstrous Devices by Damien Love    368 pages

Twelve year old Alex is dealing with the usual stuff in life, school, bullies when out of the blue he receives a toy robot from his rather elusive seldom there grandfather.   Turns out there is a lot more to this little robot than meets the eye.   Bullies sometimes get their comeuppance and wishes can come true.  The story offers a bit of mission impossible style cloak and dagger happenings with a smidge of sci-fi robotronics thrown in for good measure.  I don't want to give the story away but this is an enjoyable grandpa grandson adventure not to be missed.   I recommend this one for the 8-80 set.   A fun story with great characters and locations not to mention plot.   Oh yeah and a Gollum thrown in for good measure.  : )