NYC Launch Event: Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend
Join us for the launch of award-winning author Lance Rubin’s middle-grade debut: Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend!
We follow Zed, who has always been terrible at making friends. With one exception — his best friend, Rishti. But now that they’re starting middle school, Zed and she are in all different classes, and worse, she’s made a new, cooler friend that he can’t seem to compete with. He feels left behind, like last year’s MonoPhone.
That’s when he comes across something on his mom’s work computer: a top-secret new app called MonoFriend. Soon, he’s chatting with “Matt”, an AI best friend. Matt is funny, he’s smart, and he knows Zed better than anyone else, even Rishti. He also loves spending time with Zed — but, as Zed is about to discover, he may love it too much.
This is a wonderful read that tackles so many important questions about friendship and loneliness in the age of A.I. It’s hilariously terrifying, terrifyingly hilarious, and totally heartfelt. Joining the conversation will be COREY ANN HAYDU, author of Zoomie and Zoe and the Sibling Situation, to celebrate this marvelous occasion with us in-store!
Time: 3:00 pm EDT
Free!
