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▼▲Title: How to Make Friends and Monsters - eBook By: Ron Bates Format: DRM Protected ePub Vendor: ZonderKidz Publication Date: 2013 ISBN: 9780310735526 | ISBN-13: 9780310735526 UPC: 025986735524 Ages: 8-12 Series: Howard Boward Stock No: WW31990EB |
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▼▲Howard Boward, a 13-year-old boy-genius with a chip on his shoulder is too smart for his own good. He has troubles making friendspossibly because he complains so much. Until one day a science experiment goes haywire, and Howard creates a best friend for himselfFranklinwho also happens to be a monster. Creating Franklin was an accident, not like Howard was playing God or anythingor so Howard tells himself. Franklin and Howard are having so much fun, Howard decides to create more friends, using DNA from kids at school. Only, these friends arent quite as friendly. Soon theres a major mess and Howard has to sort it all out before the monsters destroy their human counterparts. But terminating the monsters proves harder than he imagined. They didnt choose to be monsters; they cant go against their innate nature. Howard finds himself facing consequences for playing God. Getting rid of the monsters means learning to tame his own inner beast, and Howard begins to understand the meaning of free will and true friendship
Author Bio
▼▲Ron Bates is a novelist and humor columnist who writes about secret laboratories, monsters, bullies, robots, cafeteria food, and other perils of middle school. A former newspaper reporter, he is the author of How to Make Friends and Monsters, How to Survive Middle School and Monster Bots, the comic book series Brawn, and numerous poems and plays for kids who like to laugh. He lives in Texas.
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