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 middle-grade and young adult fiction by award-winning writers" ("Our Imprints"). Wendy Lamb is an influential editor and Random House awarded this line to her to encourage the development of new types of books for readers in the middle-school age range, and they are always on the lookout for new writers. In addition, Random House has a long history of printing quality children's books, so the line seems to fit with their history and their purpose in publishing.
             Random House has been in the publishing business since 1925, when Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer founded the company. It has been a publishing legend for decades, publishing some of the most famous fiction and non-fiction in America, including the...