In this incredible story, four undocumented Mexican teenagers build an underwater robot with their tech classroom’s spare parts and enter the Marine Advanced Technology Robotics Competition at the University of California where they astounded not only the judges, but themselves. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
"The young readers' edition of the bestselling adult book of the same name"--
A riveting true story about dreams, dedication, and an amazing robot named Stinky, based on Joshua Davis' New York Times bestseller and now adapted for young readers by bestselling Mexican American author Reyna Grande.
In 2004, four undocumented Mexican teenagers arrived at the national underwater robotics championship at the University of California, Santa Barbara. No one had ever told Oscar, Cristian, Luis, or Lorenzo that they would amount to much—until two inspiring high school science teachers convinced the boys to enter the competition. Up against some of the best collegiate engineers in the country, this team of underdogs from Phoenix, Arizona, scraped together spare parts and a few small donations to astound not only the competition's judges but themselves, too.
Adapted by Reyna Grande—author of the acclaimed memoir The Distance Between Us about her experience as an undocumented child immigrant—this young readers’ edition of Joshua Davis’s New York Times bestseller showcases these students’ ingenuity and courage in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Timely and empowering, Spare Parts is an accessible introduction to STEM, immigration, and the reality of the American Dream.
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The young readers' edition of the New York Times-bestselling FSG adult book and major motion picture-the story of four undocumented Mexican teenagers, one robot, and a wild dream, adapted by bestselling Mexican-American author Reyna Grande.
Reyna Grande is the author of the bestselling memoir The Distance Between Us, where she writes about her life before and after she arrived in the United States from Mexico as an undocumented child immigrant. The much-anticipated sequel, A Dream Called Home, was released in 2018. Her other works include the novels Across a Hundred Mountains and Dancing with Butterflies, which were published to critical acclaim. Her books have been adopted as the common read selection by schools, colleges and cities across the country. reynagrande.com
Joshua Davis has been a contributing editor at Wired for a decade and is the cofounder of Epic magazine, where his work was nominated for a National Magazine Award for feature writing. He has also written for The New Yorker and other periodicals, and his writing is anthologized in the 2012 edition of Best American Science and Nature Writing, as well as in the 2006, 2007, and 2009 editions of Best Technology Writing. He is the New York Times-bestselling author of Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream and The Underdog, a memoir about his experiences as an arm wrestler, backward runner, and matador. He lives in San Francisco with his family.
