Stranger Things: Runaway Max

Stranger Things: Runaway Max
Author: Brenna Yovanoff
Publisher: Ember
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2021-06-29
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 059317951X

Fans went wild for this gripping, emotional addition to the Stranger Things' universe after its successful launch! Fall into the never-before-told backstory of the beloved Dig Dug maven, Max Mayfield, written by New York Times bestselling author Brenna Yovanoff. Meet Max. She's from California. She skateboards. Her family just dumped her in the middle of Indiana. And she's really not ready to call Hawkins her new home. Whether she's facing off against her bully brother, Billy, the new kids at school, or monsters abound, Max tackles life with sass and grit. This must-read novel based on the hit Netflix series Stranger Things explores Max's past--with all the good and the bad it's given her--in the lead up to the thrilling season that introduces our favorite new member of the gang.

Pawprints

Pawprints
Author: Michèle Dufresne
Publisher:
Total Pages: 12
Release: 2009-06-01
Genre: Knights and knighthood
ISBN: 9781584531210

A learn-to-read story about a mouse knight.

Max's Story

Max's Story
Author: W. Bruce Cameron
Publisher: Starscape
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2018-07-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0765395010

Max is a very special dog with a very important purpose in this new irresistible tale in the bestselling series for middle-grade readers adapted from the "New York Times"- and "USA Today"-bestselling novel "A Dog's Purpose." Illustrations.

Freak the Mighty

Freak the Mighty
Author: Rodman Philbrick
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2015-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1409591050

Max is used to being called Stupid. And he is used to everyone being scared of him. On account of his size and looking like his dad. Kevin is used to being called Dwarf. And he is used to everyone laughing at him. On account of his size and being some cripple kid. But greatness comes in all sizes, and together Max and Kevin become Freak The Mighty and walk high above the world. An inspiring, heartbreaking, multi-award winning international bestseller.

A Big Dose of Lucky

A Big Dose of Lucky
Author:
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2015-09-29
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1459806700

Malou has just turned sixteen—hardly old enough to be out in the world on her own—and all she knows for sure is that she’s of mixed race and that she was left at an orphanage as a newborn. When the orphanage burns to the ground, she finds out that she may have been born in a small town in Ontario’s cottage country. Much to her surprise, Parry Sound turns out to have quite a few young brown faces, but Malou can’t believe they might be related to her. After she finds work as a cleaner in the local hospital, an Aboriginal boy named Jimmy helps her find answers to her questions about her parents. The answers are as stunning—and life-changing—as anything Malou could have imagined back at the orphanage. Part of the SECRETS—a series of seven linked novels that can be read in any order.

Spectrum Reading Workbook, Grade K

Spectrum Reading Workbook, Grade K
Author: Spectrum
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2014-08-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1483814076

Reading workbooks kindergarten for kids ages 5+ Support your child’s educational journey with Spectrum’s Kindergarten Reading Workbook that teaches reading comprehension kindergarten skills. Kindergarten Workbooks are a great way for children to learn phonics and reading skills such as alphabet letters and sounds, sight words, reading passages, and more through a variety of kindergarten learning activities and reading passages that are both fun AND educational! Why You’ll Love This Kindergarten Workbook Engaging and educational kindergarten learning activities. “Identifying missing letters”, “Matching sight words”, and “Picture matching” are a few of the fun activities that incorporate reading to help inspire learning into your child’s kindergarten homeschool curriculum or classroom curriculum. Tracking progress along the way. An answer key is included in the kindergarten activity book to track student progress before moving on to new and exciting activities. Practically sized for every activity. The 166-page reading workbook is sized at about 8 1⁄2 inches x 10 3⁄4 inches—giving your child plenty of space to complete each exercise. About Spectrum For more than 20 years, Spectrum has provided solutions for parents who want to help their children get ahead, and for teachers who want their students to meet and exceed set learning goals—providing workbooks that are a great resource for both homeschooling and classroom curriculum. The Kindergarten Reading Workbook Contains: Reading activities with vibrant illustrations Alphabet chart, colors chart, and answer key Perfectly sized at about 8 1⁄2” x 10 3⁄4”

Children's Books on the Big Screen

Children's Books on the Big Screen
Author: Meghann Meeusen
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2020-06-04
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1496828682

In Children’s Books on the Big Screen, Meghann Meeusen goes beyond the traditional adaptation approach of comparing and contrasting the similarities of film and book versions of a text. By tracing a pattern across films for young viewers, Meeusen proposes that a consistent trend can be found in movies adapted from children’s and young adult books: that representations of binaries such as male/female, self/other, and adult/child become more strongly contrasted and more diametrically opposed in the film versions. The book describes this as binary polarization, suggesting that starker opposition between concepts leads to shifts in the messages that texts send, particularly when it comes to representations of gender, race, and childhood. After introducing why critics need a new way of thinking about children’s adapted texts, Children’s Books on the Big Screen uses middle-grade fantasy adaptations to explore the reason for binary polarization and looks at the results of polarized binaries in adolescent films and movies adapted from picture books. Meeusen also digs into instances when multiple films are adapted from a single source such as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and ends with pragmatic classroom application, suggesting teachers might utilize this theory to help students think critically about movies created by the Walt Disney corporation. Drawing from numerous popular contemporary examples, Children’s Books on the Big Screen posits a theory that can begin to explain what happens—and what is at stake—when children’s and young adult books are made into movies.

Love & Maxwell—A Fantasy Reel

Love & Maxwell—A Fantasy Reel
Author: Alicia Susan
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2013-01-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1450293492

Opposites attract and repel, but can opposites gel forever? Love Moonjay is an expert in business and knows her stuff. Her love life, on the other hand, is nonexistent. Maxwell, a popular singer and songwriter, is highly thought of by his screaming, panting, mostly female fans. He may be constantly publicly linked to beautiful women, but he guards his personal life as well as, if not better than, Fort Knox. Love needs to shake things up, and step outside her comfort zone, if she is going to change her boring way of life. A girls retreat to New Orleans and her first secular concert is a step in the right direction. Love is excited about the adventures that await her until she sets eyes on Maxwell. Max, while uncomfortable with the attention his fame brings, is accustomed to certain responses from the opposite sex. His reaction to seeing Love in the audience in New Orleans puts him in unfamiliar territory. Max cant help himself, he singles her out. Once Max grips Loves hand no one else exist in the crowd arena. Max wants Love; therefore, she must desire him. Love finds himself falling under the sensual spell of Max. What Max knows for sure is that Love will be in his bed tonight. Love knows seduction and its Maxz hypnotic eyes, intoxicating kisses, powerful hands and magical fingers. Love and Max both regret the night before but for different reasons. Fate and desire bring Love and Maxwell together. They want each other desperately but fear and secrets threaten to tear them apart. Love wants marriage and children. Most importantly she wants real love. Does Max desire the same things? Or is he a smooth lothario and is Love his latest conquest? Time will reveal all truths, especially in love.

Max's Wild Night

Max's Wild Night
Author: Meg Welch Dendler
Publisher: Serenity Mountain Publishing
Total Pages: 109
Release: 2018-01-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1732380651

Max didn’t mean to run away, but when he found himself alone in the moonlit woods, he saw his chance for freedom. No humans to tell him what to do. No cats running the house. No one to call him Bad Dog. No fences and no rules. He could be wild and free and never have to answer to anyone again! But will that freedom turn out to be the fantastic journey he was expecting? What adventures and strange creatures will Max discover in the Ozark forest on a full-moon spring night? “Max’s Wild Night” is a companion book to the best-selling, award-winning Cats in the Mirror series.