# My Robot Buddy

**Author:** Alfred Slote
**Grade range:** Grades 4–6
**Age range:** 9–11
**First published:** 1975
**Page count:** 81
**Genre:** Science Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780397325054`
**ISBN-10:** `0064401650`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/my-robot-buddy
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

For his tenth birthday, Jack wants a robot so he'll have someone to play with.

## Themes

- friendship
- robots
- science fiction
- robots, fiction

## Where this book is assigned

### Nēnē Award (Hawai'i)

- **recommended** · 4th grade · Hawaii — [source: Nēnē Award (Hawai'i) — Hawaii's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 4-6): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.](https://www.neneaward.org/winners.html)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Hawaii — [source: Nēnē Award (Hawai'i) — Hawaii's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 4-6): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.](https://www.neneaward.org/winners.html)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Hawaii — [source: Nēnē Award (Hawai'i) — Hawaii's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 4-6): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.](https://www.neneaward.org/winners.html)

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