I'm hoping this book will prove to be my ally. For some reason, my students tend to think of her Tillerman Cycle series as primarly targeted toward girls, and I have been unable to change that thinking. I found this book to very engaging, and I was happy to see Voigt author a book that is so obviously meant to appeal to middle school boys. I never do a full plot synopsis in a review and try to give as little away as possible.
Please understand that all my reviews focus on the interests of my middle school students. Mister Max is a thoughtful and beautifully written novel that will reassure the most timid of readers that hidden within themselves is a wealth of courage and untapped possibility. If only he could figure out how to solve his own mystery: the whereabouts of his parents. Max’s theatrical upbringing serves him well, with disguises and personas that are often comical and always exactly what is needed to get the job done. While waiting for news of his parents, Max stumbles into detective work that he calls the job of "solutioneer," because sometimes there is more to finding a solution than simply retrieving what has been lost.
What follows is not what I expected-a wonderful surprise. We begin with twelve-year-old Maximilian Sterling's very theatrical parents mysteriously disappearing, leaving him in the care of his grandmother. Best Books of the Month: Middle Grade, September 2013: Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things is an imaginative blend of mystery and adventure, the first of a proposed trilogy.
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