Mister Max: the Book of Lost Things
Mister Max 1
Random House Children's Books · Print & ebook · August 5, 2014
Newbery medalist Cynthia Voigt presents a rollicking mystery in three acts!
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- Who it’s for
- A theatrical mystery pairs a resourceful young finder with problems both comic and personal.
- Themes
- Missing parents, Identity and role-playing, Helping others
- Pacing
- Fast
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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.
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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 . . .
A Talent for Finding
A theatrical mystery pairs a resourceful young finder with problems both comic and personal.
Come here for
- A child of the theater slipping into roles to keep a low profile
- A rollicking mystery told in three acts
Expect
- Small mysteries that lead to better outcomes for others
- An unresolved question at the heart of Max’s own troubles
Where it sits
| Mysteries & Detective Stories | 95% |
|---|---|
| Historical Fiction | 47% |
| Theater Stories | 44% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Mysteries & Detective Stories
- Theater Stories
- Friendship
- Authors
- Cynthia Voigt
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Published
- August 5, 2014
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Missing parents · Identity and role-playing · Helping others
- Reading lane
- Mysteries & Detective Stories