Mysterious Max
(#1)
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
A wisecracking ghost from the 1950s?
It’s the fifth day of school and Jeffrey Becker is in trouble again! Jeffrey can’t help it. He likes to tell a good story. The trouble is, his teacher calls those stories lies. And now he has to stay after school.
Jeffrey isn’t the only one with the detention. When his teacher leaves the classroom Jeffrey realizes that he has company—a ghost from the 1950s named Max. Max is one cool ghost, but he manages to get Jeffrey into more trouble than Jeffrey gets into on his own. And Jeffrey knows that no one will believe him when he says his new best friend is a ghost!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In the first volume of the Jeffrey and the Third-Grade Ghost series, a 1950s ghost named Max befriends Jeffrey on his first day in third grade. Before Max died (readers do not learn the cause of death), he occupied the same desk that Jeffrey now sits in, the first student in 30 years that the ghost considers a worthy ally. Like Jeffrey, Max was always in trouble because of his outrageous antics. Now Jeffrey is getting the blame for invisible Max's tricks. At first Jeffrey is upset by Max's pranks, but he soon realizes that the ghost, despite his wisecracking, ``cool-cat'' behavior, is lonely and enjoys their friendship. And Max comes through for Jeffrey when it really matters. Both boy and ghost are fun-loving characters. While the text is sometimes flat, Max and Jeffrey's mischievous behavior will find favor with middle grade readers. Illustrations not seen by PW. Ages 8-10.
