Introduce and Analyze "Eager" by Helen Fox
The purpose of this paper is to introduce and analyze the book "Eager" by Helen Fox. . Specifically it will discuss aspects of the production, authorship, distribution, and significance of the book. "Eager" by Helen Fox is a children's book set in the future. Eager is a new robot acquired by the Bell family when their older model wears out. Eager learns and grows by watching the world around him, making him an advanced type of robot, but not as advanced as the high-priced BDC4s, who become rebellious and dangerous. In the end, Eager helps save the world by saving the company "LifeCorp" when the BDC4s take the founder of the company hostage. In some ways, the storyline is reminiscent of the film "I, Robot" starring Will Smith, without the dark underlying storyline of that film. This is a book made for children, after all, and so, it contains a happy ending and an open-ending conclusion that leads to a sequel or two."Eager" was produced by Wendy Lamb Books, one of many children's imprints of the mega-publisher Random House in their children's department, which they say is the largest English-language trade book publisher in the world ("Our Imprints"). Wendy Lamb Books was founded in 2002, and it "focuses on innovative mid
She says she gets her ideas from many sources and that often her characters come to her "fully-formed" and are often conglomerates of many people she knows. It is also quite representative of the business of children's literature, in general. com, making it easy to access to just about anyone who would like to read it. She is now a full-time writer, devoting her time to children's books. They choose the books from favorable reviews for books dedicated to that age group. It is often difficult for small publishers to gain the distribution available to big publishers like Random House, but in this case, that is certainly not an issue. dle-grade and young adult fiction by award-winning writers" ("Our Imprints"). Since "Eager" is her first book, it did not receive as much attention as an author's book who is more well known, but as the author makes a name for herself in children's fiction, it seems that her work will become more well known and appreciated, as well. As such, they can attract high-quality authors and afford to pay them better royalties than perhaps some other publishers, and they also have a name to uphold and maintain, so the public expects a higher quality book from this publisher than perhaps some others. It seems for now that the author is concentrating on books about Eager and his adventures, and has not branched out into any other subjects or themes as yet. Therefore, as with most children's literature, the book carries an important message, but it is a message that adults can appreciate as well, so this book could be considered significant in that it could cross over to an adult audience, as well. I didn't want a fantastic setting in which anything could happen because the questions I was asking were 'Where are we heading and do we want to go there?'" ("Fox, Helen"). "Eager" was a first novel, and it is often difficult for first novels to gain the major attention required for national or prestigious awards.
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