Marleen Lammers is a freelance writer with a passion for children’s stories. While she’s originally from the Netherlands, she spent most of the past decade-and-a-bit living in various countries in Southern Africa, mostly working in the nonprofit sector. She published her first picture book with Penguin Random House in 2019, and caught the children’s literature bug. She’s hoping to keep engaging kids through fun stories, and making them love books in the process.
When Kay, a super clever robot, escapes from a laboratory, he chooses Toby’s bedroom as his hiding place. Toby isn’t so sure about having a know-it-all machine as a roommate, but when he realises that Kay’s super-intelligence can help him achieve Great Things, he decides to give this partnership a go. Together, Toby and Kay figure out how to hide a fugitive robot in plain sight, achieve Genius Stuff at school, and fool world class scientists. A fun-filled chapter book from beloved children’s author Marleen Lammers.