A Mysterious Review of Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things by Cynthia Voigt. A Mister Max Novel.
Review summary: This first in a trilogy introduces the 12-year-old titular character, who is mysteriously left behind when his parents sail for India. Middle-grade readers will likely appreciate and be entertained by how he earns a living (as a solutioner, one who devises solutions to problems at hand) in a much simpler, and safer, time and place. (Click here for text of full review.)
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Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things
Cynthia Voigt
A Mister Max Novel
Knopf (September 2013)
Publisher synopsis: 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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