Klune has penned a literary young adult novel that is never sparse with the details and stays inventive with its characters and world-building. That chaos spurs Victor, Hap, and his companions on a life-altering journey from their idyllic treehouse in the forest to rescue his father from the City of Electric Dreams-a futuristic, robotic-run city void of humanity, free will, and the near-omnipotent power of The Authority.
When Giovanni learns of Hap’s existence, it brings chaos that reveals secrets his father has hidden for years and a dark shared past that threatens their family’s safety. Without telling his father, Victor repairs the android-offering him a new name (Hysterically Angry Puppet, or Hap for short), a new functioning heart, and a new life with his makeshift family in the forest. One day, Victor and the robots salvage a defunct and amnesiac android thrown out in the graveyards. With his robot companions-an anxiety-ridden cleaning vacuum and a sarcastic and self-professed sadist nurse robot-they live happily in their wilderness workshop as a family. Raised by Giovanni Lawson, his android father and inventor, Victor spends his days scavenging the scrap yards of another civilization for spare parts and hiding away from the detection of machines much larger than themselves. Victor, a notably “real” boy, is starkly out of place in a land of robots and machines.
By loosely adapting The Adventures of Pinnochio, Klune tells the endearing story of a father creating life under unorthodox circumstances and a boy on a dangerous journey to a far-off land and back home. With In the Lives of Puppets, Lambda Literary Award-winning TJ Klune offers speculative fiction and young adult readers a fresh new tale.
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