Chris Makes a Friend

Name: Chris Makes a Friend
Brand: Scholastic Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Alex Gino
ISBN: 9798225000295

Author: Alex Gino

Narrator: Alex Gino

Unabridged: 5 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books

Published: 11/04/2025

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes, Children's Lifestyles

Synopsis

From the award-winning author of MELISSA, a sweet and tart story about unexpected friendship and family reconciliation.Chris does not want to be spending the summer with their grouchy grandmother and social butterfly sister. But they don't really have a choice, once their mom leaves them at Grandmother's house. They can, however, try to escape whenever they want to -- into the woods, where they encounter another kid who is the friend they need to survive the summer.Only... there's more to this friend than meets the eye...

Reviews

Goodreads review by Laura on July 31, 2025

Lovely early MG book about a quiet, introverted, bookworm tween forced to spend the summer with her annoying little sister and her grandparents because her mom requires a complicated surgery and a long recovery time. Good representation of a kid whose parent has chronic pain. Love the booklist at th......more

Goodreads review by LiteraryCryptid on June 12, 2025

A heartfelt story about family, friendship, and the unexpected changes life can throw at you. Chris expects to spend her summer with her best friend Vicky completing their challenge of reading 72 books each. These plans are altered when Chris finds herself and her sister staying at their grandparent......more

Goodreads review by Beth on November 03, 2025

Thank you to Netgalley for the free ARC! When Chris gets sent to live with her grandparents for the summer out in an isolated part of Western Massachusetts, with her little sister, she isn't expecting much. She is usually content to spend her days reading books with her best friend. However, this sum......more

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