What happens when a robot designed to be a boy's ideal "companion" develops a will of her own? A compulsively readable novel from a hot new talent in YA. "Hello, David. My name is Rose. It's a pleasure to meet you. We are now entering minute two of our friendship. According to my Intimacy Clock, a handshake is now appropriate." DAVID is a rich kid, with a million friends, online and off. CHARLIE is a loner, disconnected from the high school world around him. Neither of them feels close to anybody. Until they meet... ROSE: part girl, part robot, and ALL a boy could want. But can a robotic girl really change the lives of two teenage boys? Before they know it, Rose is teaching David and Charlie how to feel human again.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 14+ years.

This book was published 2011 by Walker Books Ltd .

John M. Cusick is a 2007 graduate of Wesleyan University. About Girl Parts he says, "It is easy to feel lonely, despite the immediacy of technological connection. This is a story about human connections, how they catch us by surprise and challenge who we are. " A literary agent of books for children and teens, he lives in Brooklyn.