Nicholas Fisk, Robot Revolt

Nicholas Fisk, Robot RevoltWhen Abi and Hez meet Max they can't believe their eyes. Max is the very latest model from Robomart. He can do anything, from teaching Latin to cleaning gym shoes! But Abi and Hez's father, Pastor Moulton, keeps a tight rein on all aspects of their lives - including Max. So it's natural for Abi to enlist his help when she begins to plot against her hated father. But Max has a much more sinister motive for joining her scheme. From 1981, this children's SF classic from Nicholas Fisk (Space Hostages, Grinny) is an awful warning of the dangers of putting too much faith in artificial intelligences.This is a (rare) hardb.