Spare Parts by Joshua Davis ☆☆☆☆

Title of the Book: Spare Parts Author: Joshua Davis Number of Pages: 224 Rating: ☆☆☆☆

   Spare parts, that's what this submersible exploration robot was made of, and better yet it was made by a group or poor, immigrant kids living in the Arizona desert.

Spare parts cover the story of four kids in a high school hundred of miles away  from the nearest ocean taking part in a nation wide highly competitive competition while most of the kids are underneath the poverty line and some are Illegally in the U.S. Oscar, Lorenzo, Cristian and Luis all worked on Stinky, and the four are about simple solutions as they were on a tight budget and this story teaches you you don't always need complicated solutions, sometimes the smallest ones work best.

What makes this book unique is how much they go in depth with everyone, must go over one or two characters very well and the others briefly, but everyone in this book was introduced very well to the point where you felt for them and you could almost understand them and their dream just by reading this book.

The author jumps between everyone so you get a clear idea on what troubles face them what they might be feeling and how they got to where they are at.

One of the most remember able moments is with Fredi, their robotics teacher. He loved creating things, built a hover car, but his parents didn't approve and wanted him to become a doctor. He chose his own path though, but one thing didn't change, he kept coming back to the high school, talking to the kids, and helping them with their ideas. And he kept saying teaching wasn't for him, and they they made no money but his old teacher kept insisting. And eventually she got to say “ He finally listened. “ And it shows you how much teachers can help you find your place and how what people expect from you isn't always what you want to do.

Overall I would recommend this book to people who like underdog stories, or nerdy people in general.