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The Eyes of the Killer Robot Johnny Dixon Book 5 eBook John Bellairs

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A boy tries to stop a rampaging robot in this “deliciously wicked fun” tale by the author of The House with a Clock in Its Walls (School Library Journal)
 
When feared Yankees slugger Cliff Bullard goes barnstorming around the northeast, offering $10,000 to any local pitcher who can strike him out, Professor Childermass and Johnny Dixon get a sneaky idea. There’s a local legend about a crackpot inventor who once built a robot capable of throwing a baseball 110 MPH, and the professor thinks that if they find the machine, they can win Bullard’s prize. They discover the rusted old monstrosity in an abandoned workshop and put it back together, piece by piece. But when they screw in the robot’s eyes and it comes to life, they realize they have made a terrible mistake.
 
As soon as it’s activated, the robot attacks, trying to kill Johnny and the professor. Was it made to be a killing machine, or have its circuits been corroded? To save the town and get a crack at the $10,000, Johnny and the professor will have to tame the steel beast.
 
The adventure stories featuring Johnny Dixon, from the award-winning author of The House with a Clock in Its Walls, are a delightfully imaginative treat, and this book in the popular series features “a unique plot, marvelous characters, and non-stop suspense” (School Library Journal).

The Eyes of the Killer Robot Johnny Dixon Book 5 eBook John Bellairs

One of John Bellairs best books. Just when you think all the villians are all wrapped up, you are in for another surprise. I really like most all of John Bellairs/Brad Strickland books. Great fun and takes you back to a simple times of the 50's.

Product details File Size 2404 KB Print Length 179 pages Publisher Open Road Media Teen & Tween (April 1, 2014) Publication Date April 1, 2014 Sold by  Digital Services LLC Language English ASIN B00J84L5DU

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The Eyes of the Killer Robot Johnny Dixon Book 5 eBook John Bellairs Reviews

I was in the first grade. Nosing around in the back of the library while all of the other kids browsed the books with happy endings and pretty illustrations, I chanced upon a copy of "The Eyes of the Killer Robot." The cover illustration, in all of it's Goth-Gorey grandeur, fascinated me, so I became the first kid in my class to check out a chapter book.
Every night, I sat down with my Dad and devoured a few pages. It all started innocently enough; pale, shy Johnny Dixon and his friend the Professor decide to rebuild a baseball pitching robot once owned by a mad-man. Thinking it's nothing more than a machine, they ignore a few eerie harbingers, pop in a pair of glass eyes, and set an evil, possessed hunk of metal on a rampage. Not content to sit idle while the robot slaughters the townsfolk, Johhny and co. go on a journey to destroy it and it's creator, who is determined to use black magic and Johnny's eyes to bring life to another sinister being...
While reading this for the first time, I could barely sleep at night, fearing that lumbering robot might decide to make me it's next victim. Nonetheless, I finished the book and began to read every other Bellairs title I could get my hands on. The man is a master, and this book is a prime example of his ability to craft a scary, sinister story. I can't think of another author willing to have some seriously freaky stuff (kidnappings, druggings) happen to a character who is only 12 years old. None of that Goosebumps/Fear Street cheese with Bellairs or Killer Robot. Just some good old fashion terror wrapped in an engrossing story.
With a title like "Eyes of the Killer Robot," who could resist? While cheesy idiocy is implied in the title, the actual plot couldn't be further from it. This is an example of how Bellairs triumphs with his horror-fantasy stories, which so easily could descend into such ghastly cheese, but don't.
A stock-market plunge and a baseball game set off this book. Professor Childermass loses thousands of dollars in a sudden company collapse, shortly after it is announced that a star baseball player will offer ten thousand to anyone who can strike him out. It brings to Childermass's mind (he informs both us and the timid Johnny Dixon) an old memory Of how a brilliant but insane inventor once offered a baseball team (which had Johnny's grandfather on it) a pitching robot. He strikes on the scheme of finding the robot and using it to strike out the baseball player (and cover his losses).
Unsurprisingly, this is not a Good Idea. They find the robot, but then Johnny sees a strange specter An eyeless man who wanders around moaning, "They took my eyes." The robot itself remains lifeless until a pair of strange glass eyes are put in its face. As it rampages through the town, the heroic trio make two other discoveries Its inventor is not dead, and he's coming after Johnny with evil intent...
Bellairs is in top form here. Magic is mixed with the real world, and various occultic workings that wuill make your skin crawl. He does an especially good job with the villains one is insane, and the other is frightening sane but absolutely amoral. As ever, his dialogue is snappy and his descriptive sense is either funny or just spinechilling; the settings are those of nice small towns with essentially pleasant people -- both of which can turn horrifying at any moment. His ghosts are simply unparalleled. And I agree with "Hallie" -- it takes a writer with guts and skill who can believably put his preteen hero in such realistic danger without outraging the reader.
Johnny is, as is usual with Mr. Bellairs, a meek but willing Charlie Brown type; I have yet to meet a reader of these books who doesn't like him or his counterparts. Fergie is a little more outgoing, the sort of dead-loyal friend that everyone wants. And the professor is... well, the professor.
Bad points? None that I can think of, except that the wonderfully crabby priest Father Higgins appears for only two pages. (Though the idea of him wearing an umpire's vest and a clerical collar is too funny for words) I would have liked more Higgy, and this teaser leads to nothing. Additionally, Professor Childermass seems to be acting a little too impulsively at the beginning. (Find a rampaging robot and put it back together -- what a surprise that it all blows up in their faces).
This is, overall, a delightfully creepy mystery/fantasy/horror story that any good kid reader will enjoy, and a few reminiscing adults might as well.
I had already read many of Bellairs's books by the time i got around to reading this one, and it is in the top three of my favorite Bellairs books. I took my time to read this one on the Friday before finals week of my first semester of college. I got home from my class, curled up on the sofa with a glass of pineapple chia juice, and got to work reading when I should have been studying. At first, it gives an "in the wrong theater" feeling, but it quickly turns spooky. It was so addictive I read it in a single day, taking a break only to go for a run and eat dinner. Though it's appropriate for audiences of all ages (and to be honest I feel that some of the best creepy stories are also the ones that are appropriate for all ages), and although all the other Bellairs books I've read thus far are creepy and macabre, I feel that of all the Bellairs books I've read, this one's the most frightening on a deeply visceral level. I finally finished that night and got to work studying for the onslaught of finals like I should have (in Egyptian History and Archaeology-John Bellairs would be proud) but I finished reading deeply satisfied with the whole tale. I may have read it during a time when I should have been studying (don't worry I got all A's and B's on the finals and in the classes) but (to me anyway) time spent reading a John Bellairs book is never wasted!
My 10yr old son loved this book and is now reading other books by John Bellairs. He said the story line was great and captured his attention - which is sometimes hard to do.
A librarian recommended this to me when I was a little girl. Buy it. You'll like it. The ending and plot were superb. If
you are debating buying this book I would have to say buy it. It's a children's book.
Great book and story, ut it's missing the exquisite art of Edward Gorey...
This book is GREAT for all ages ,it has that mystery ,that thrill,those ghosts,that black magick,AND that party at the end.i am excited to read this whole series.if you havent read this book i suggest you get started,cause bellairs radically shows his tallent in THE EYES OF THE KILLER ROBOT its up there with harry potter and the hobbit and the lord of the rings.
One of John Bellairs best books. Just when you think all the villians are all wrapped up, you are in for another surprise. I really like most all of John Bellairs/Brad Strickland books. Great fun and takes you back to a simple times of the 50's.