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Yearling Books, 2014-05-08

Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things: Mister Max 1

Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things: Mister Max 1

Mister Max

Cynthia Voigt, Author

Iacopo Bruno, Illustrator

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9780307976826

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In the first of a rollicking mystery series by a Newbery Medalist, Max Starling's parents are missing. Over the course of three books, Max will find them, and embark on a daring rescue. Max lives by his own wits, inventing a job for himself as "the solutioneer." Illustrations.
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Keywords and Themes: Friendship • General • Historical • JUV016000 • JUV028000 • JUV031060 • JUV039060 • JUV039140 • Juvenile Fiction • Mysteries & Detective Stories • Performing Arts • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Themes • Theater & Musicals

Age Range • 8-12

Pages • 400

Subjects • Self-reliance • Problem solving

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries & Detective Stories • Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts | Theater & Musicals • Juvenile Fiction | Historical | General • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship

Newbery medalist Cynthia Voigt presents a rollicking mystery in three acts!

A PARADE BEST KIDS BOOK OF ALL TIME

Max's parents are missing. They are actors, and thus unpredictable, but sailing away, leaving Max with only a cryptic note, is unusual even for them. Did they intend to leave him behind? Have they been kidnapped?

Until he can figure it out, Max feels it's safer to keep a low profile. Hiding out is no problem for a child of the theater. Max has played many roles, he can be whoever he needs to be to blend in. But finding a job is tricky, no matter what costume he dons.

Ironically, it turns out Max has a talent for finding things. He finds a runaway child, a stray dog, a missing heirloom, a lost love. . . . So is he a finder? A detective? No, it's more. Max finds a way to solve people's problems--he engineers better outcomes for them. He becomes Mister Max, Solutioneer.

Now if only he could find a solution to his own problems . . .

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