The Search for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi

The Search for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi is about Eva, a 12 year old girl who has been raised in her underground Sanctuary by her robot Muthr since she was born. Every day, Muthr puts Eva through a variety of lessons and tests, all in preparation for the day Eva will be able to leave Sanctuary and explore the Earth above. Eva's was a peaceful life until one day someone attacked her Sanctuary, destroying it. Muthr forced Eva to leave, giving her directions to get as far away as possible and call the nearest settlement for help using her Omnipod. Terrified, Eva tried to follow Muthr's directions, but nothing on the surface was what Eva was expecting. Eventually, Eva found a strange looking alien, Rovender Kitt, who was willing to help her get back to her own Sanctuary to find Muthr. As she feared, everything was ruined, but they were able to find Muthr and repair her. Because nothing was as they thought, Rovender agreed to help Muthr and Eva on their search for other humans. The only thing guiding them was a torn piece of cardboard that Eva found in her Sanctuary. She taped it back together to show a human girl holding hands with a robot and another human adult. Most of the words were missing, except for Wond and La, thus Eva dubbed it the "WondLa". Rovender thought he'd seen some artifacts similar to those in the Sanctuary in a museum in one of the large settlements, so they set off to find it. Eva made friends with an alien animal, similar to a great water bear, who also traveled with them. Plagued along the way by the evil Besteel, the alien who destroyed Sanctuary and who is trying to capture Eva, and a whole host of other dangerous aliens, the three continue their search for WondLa until they reach a very surprising conclusion to their journey!

This was a really interesting book! I absolutely loved the illustrations and the interactive website where I could view 3-D versions of the maps of Orbona. I am excited to read the second book so I can find out what happens to Eva Nine and Rovender next!