Nadia Elan

Eleven-year-old Lila Lopez is the only kid in her building without a robot - which turns out to be exactly what saves the city. When a dented, rust-covered robot named Rusty shows up hiding behind her dumpster, he brings a warning: every shiny, helpful bot in town has been secretly programmed to turn their owners into scaly, growling monsters loyal to one cold-hearted villain. They have one week to stop it.
Armed with library books, duct tape, pineapple juice, and a ragtag crew of misfit robots who refused to follow orders, Lila and Rusty are about to prove that being different isn't a malfunction. It's the whole point.