Keep Your Eye on the Goalie: Book 1 in the "Across Space" series

Harrison likes to amuse himself by tormenting the local AI, especially the placid recycling droids--always clumping around on their stumpy little legs, pestering everyone to recycle-they're practically begging for abuse.

But when "the Goalie," a device that grants sentience, accidentally upgrades them, Harrison's world turns upside down.

Now, every machine on New Brooklyn is out to get him, even the soap dispensers!

Can Harrison convince these newly sentient-and seriously pissed off-beings he can follow the rules?

As the droids like to say, "Recycling is important!"