How to Make a Friend

By Stephen W. Martin, Olivia Aserr (Illustrator)

A girl's robot friend turns rogue, threatening world domination.

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32 pages· 398 words· Est. 4 min read-aloud

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Bookroo's summary

A young girl builds a robot friend, but her creation spirals out of control, leading an army of robots on a path to world domination. As chaos unfolds, she must confront her creation and reassess the meaning of friendship. Can she save the city and find a true friend in the process? This humorous tale explores the unpredictable nature of relationships and the unexpected places where genuine connections can be found.

From the publisher

A girl’s efforts to build a robot friend go comically awry when the robot attempts world domination in this witty metaphor for the ups and downs of friendship. Ever wish friendship came with an instruction manual? A resourceful youngster follows step-by-step directions for constructing a robot to be her friend. The instructions make it sound so simple! But they also caution that sometimes a friendship doesn’t turn out as hoped for, as the girl discovers when her new friend unexpectedly unleashes an evil robot army on the city. Now she has to stop the robot and seriously reevaluate their friendship! In the end, the resilient heroine of this comical and clever tale not only saves the city, she finds a real and lasting friend where least expected.

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