So I hope you’ll stay tuned for more announcements, and I really hope you’ll check out The Wild Robot Escapes next spring. I’m sorry to make you wait longer, but I’d much rather have the book be late and get it right, than be on time and get it wrong. Instead of coming out on October 3, 2017, it will now be published on March 13, 2018. This is my long, rambling way of announcing that I need more time to write and illustrate The Wild Robot Escapes, and we’ve decided to move the publication date. But when mysterious, dangerous waters surround the island, the animals are forced inland to fight over dwindling resources. It’s complicated stuff, and I’m trying to simplify it for readers of all ages, and it’s taking longer than expected. The New York Times bestselling The Wild Robot series returns, taking Roz on an action-packed under-the-ocean journey to save her beloved island Life for Roz and the animals on their island is perfect. The Wild Robot Escapes is about Roz learning to survive in civilization, with humans and robots and technology and industry, in rural and suburban and urban settings. The Wild Robot is about Roz learning to survive on one island. However, the sequel takes place in a much bigger and more complicated world. It was important to me that I maintain that simple writing style in the sequel. The story takes place on one island, with a limited cast of main characters, and involves familiar things like geese and forests and ponds, and of course, robots. This approach worked pretty well in The Wild Robot. And so, when in doubt, I keep the story simple. I don’t want to bore young readers with unnecessary details. What I love most about writing children’s novels is how it forces me to focus on what’s truly important to the story. Thank you to everyone who read and shared it! I’ve been hard at work on the sequel, The Wild Robot Escapes, and I cannot wait for you all to find out what happens to Roz after she leaves the island. I was blown away by the amazing response to my first novel, The Wild Robot.

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