Mister Max : the book of lost things / Cynthia Voigt ; illustrated by Iacopo Bruno.
Material type:
TextSeries: Voigt, Cynthia. Mister Max ; 1.Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2013]Publisher: ©2013Edition: First editionDescription: 367 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0307976815 (hbk.)
- 0307976823 (pbk.)
- 0375971238 (lib. bdg.)
- 9780307976819 (hbk.)
- 9780307976826 (pbk.)
- 9780375971235 (lib. bdg.)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Fiction | Voigt Cynthia | Available | 33111007229020 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Newbery medalist Cynthia Voigt presents a rollicking mystery in three acts!
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 . . .
Includes an excerpt from: The books of secrets.
"When Max's parents leave the country without him, he must rely on his wits to get by, and before long he is running his own--rather unusual--business"-- Provided by publisher.