How to Make Friends and Monsters
(2012)(The first book in the Howard Boward series)
A novel by Ron Bates
Some Friends Are Just Worth Making
For Howard Boward, science genius, making friends in middle school is hard. The other kids have more fun creatively expanding Howard's name than actually hanging out, as in How-weird or How-Lame.
. So, why not actually make a friend? A little wonder putty, some DNA, a few accidentally spilled chemicals and - boom! - instant friend. Monster friend, that is. Franklin ends up being cool in middle school, and he helps Howard climb the uber-popular ladder, becoming How-Cool. But the new fame and friendship isn't exactly everything Howard hoped. Turns out real friendship might not be so simple, even when you create your own friends from scratch.
Genre: Inspirational
For Howard Boward, science genius, making friends in middle school is hard. The other kids have more fun creatively expanding Howard's name than actually hanging out, as in How-weird or How-Lame.
. So, why not actually make a friend? A little wonder putty, some DNA, a few accidentally spilled chemicals and - boom! - instant friend. Monster friend, that is. Franklin ends up being cool in middle school, and he helps Howard climb the uber-popular ladder, becoming How-Cool. But the new fame and friendship isn't exactly everything Howard hoped. Turns out real friendship might not be so simple, even when you create your own friends from scratch.
Genre: Inspirational
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