Max and the Millions

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There’s a rich vein of Pythonesque humour on display here but also a keen satirical edge… A marvellously funny and original novel. It is handled seemlessly, with different fonts and characterisation throughout which makes this book easy to follow. While many young readers and listeners may have heard this profanity, its use in a novel for the target group is troubling. This is such an enjoyable book and the Sparkle Pony Summer Club that Max and his friend, Sasha, were put in charge of – well, that was just hilarious. Darrow carefully swirled the bottle, merging red, then green, then blue, before the colors separated again.

Mistakenly identified as a deity, Max attempts to bring unity to the three countries through negotiation. After graduating, he experimented with working as a pig farmer and a postman before deciding to channel these skills into teaching at a primary school. The reds, greens and blues as a metaphor for societal divisions is a simple metaphor, but well executed. I was interested where the story was going to go after the first chapter but within a few more chapters, where an ‘other voice’ (trying to avoid spoilers) starts telling their side of the story, I was completely captivated. There is also a touch of mystery as you are trying to figure out what happened to the School caretaker, Mr Darrow, and where the people of Floor have come from.Ross Montgomery started writing stories as a teenager, when he really should have been doing homework, and continued doing so at university. The fact that Max wears a hearing aid enables him to hear what's going on, and his own patience and persistence insure that he won't let Mr. I bought this after reading reviews on Twitter and after my son chose it from a very large tbr pile to be my next read. He has no friends, apart from the school caretaker, with whom he shares a passion for designing and building small models.

We see plenty of trails and tabulations between these three camps, before Max realises he needed to leave the room, before the headteacher found out and removed the miniatures. Together they have to learn to work together to save the tiny world in this hilarious, fast paced adventure. Darrow, the janitor at his boarding school, have a special friendship built on their shared fondness for models.His first novel, Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door, was published to huge critical acclaim, and was shortlisted for the Costa Book Award and the Branford Boase Award. He lives in London with his girlfriend, a cat named Fun Bobby, and a cactus on every available surface. It's coupled with a light sense of humour and the dialogue, although although a little unremarkable, will put a smile on your face. I enjoyed the story for what it is, a silly, light hearted children's book; but for a story all about looking at the little things and the importance of detail, I hoped there would be more of just that.

Pitt had assured the school governors he would change--along with abolishing free lunches, dismantling the library . I loved the summer school group (I won't spoil it, but they are hilarious), and the two best-characterised Floor people have a predictable relationship and story arc but it works alongside other fresh features. I read this as a librarian but would try it with my 7-year-old in a year or two, I think some of the humour is a little old for him just yet. Darrow somehow entirely replaced the aid's internal mechanisms with new equipment that aid manufacturers, audiologists, and innovators do not have access to. He's also not interested in sports activities, so he has even less interaction than many deaf children would have with hearing peers.At time this books violent language startled me; it’s been a while since I’ve read the line ‘how many blood sacrifices would you like?

Note that elementary schools generally have more support and peer interactions are less complex, so this is highly realistic. But the miniature world is on the brink of war and Max must team up with his roommate Sasha and tiny King Luke to save the miniature world from the school's horrible headmaster. Despite this, I enjoyed how Max's hearing aids were an important part of the story and the focus on him making friends and developing confidence in himself and his ability to communicate. Darrow's experiments in building a miniature kingdom have succeeded, and that he is the catalyst for what is to come.Well written, great story line with adventure, plot twists and mysterious happenings and its a story that could be appreciated by any age group which to me is a hard thing to find and a sign of a great story. They are at war for the control of Floor but little do they know there is something much bigger that could mean the end of their civilisation. Mr Darrow is creating amazing models like a castle for the blue team but he wants all of them to be a team because they are at war.