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

By Cynthia Voigt

Book Overview

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 . . .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307976823
• ISBN13: 9780307976826
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Random House Children's Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.9" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7