My Teacher Is an Android is a suspenseful, fast-paced middle grade sci-fi mystery that hooked me from the first chapter. Kayla's curiosity and courage drive a thrilling story where kids must outsmart robots and uncover a creepy conspiracy right under their noses. The mix of eerie moments, secret labs, and brave friendships kept me turning the pages late into the night. I especially enjoyed how the story balanced just the right amount of scary with a sense of adventure—perfect for readers who like their chills with a side of fun.

Straight A’s in Spooky

This book had me side-eyeing every teacher with perfect posture—My Teacher Is an Android is a wild ride of creepy-cool chaos, secret labs, and middle school mayhem, and I was obsessed from page one!

This Teacher Needs a Reboot

Okay, so I thought my sixth-grade teacher was weird because she wore socks with sandals, but at least she wasn’t a literal android! 😂 My Teacher Is an Android is wild—in the best way. I tore through this book like Kayla tearing open the mystery behind Mr. Asher’s creepy, gliding walk. Robots, secret labs, and kids saving the world? Yes, please! If you’ve ever side-eyed your substitute teacher and thought, Hmm… something’s not right, this book will absolutely confirm your suspicions. Total page-turner with major Goosebumps vibes. 🤖✨

This story is surprisingly scary! I say surprisingly, because I chose it expecting a humorous, slightly chilling, middle grade read focusing on a subject that interests me. Whoa! I got all that, but I also got my always-present paranoia ramped up, and I got an aspect I always admire in both Horror and Science Fiction genres: implacability! What a flavor of "take over the world," "Resistance is futile!" I am left with the resonance from that classic 1950's SF film, "The Day the Earth Stood Still." Okay, the invaders were far more obvious in the film; here in the story they're more like in the novel THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1959), by which I mean the "others" are almost identical to humans, and if an observer wasn't paying attention to lack of body language, blinking, or inflection, might not be noticed as anything "different."

I don't mean to say this story is "too" scary for middle graders nowadays. After all, they don't mind "Five Nights at Freddy's," as I do (smile). After a long lifetime of devouring Science Fiction and Horror, I tend to pick up clues and run rampant in all sorts of directions. Despite the chills ["democracy is inefficient," intones the eponymous Android], I totally enjoyed this well-written, thoughtful and thought-provoking, engrossing, novel, and anticipate reading more from this author.