{"product_id":"max-in-the-house-of-spies-isbn-9780593112106","title":"Max in the House of Spies","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn acclaimed Best Book of 2024! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInstant New York Times bestseller • \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of the Year • \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e Editors’ Choice • \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of the Year • \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of the Year • Common Sense Best Books of the Year • Imagination Soup Best Books of the Year\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003eTablet Magazine \u003c\/i\u003eBest Books of the Year \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMax in the House of Spies\u003c\/i\u003e is everything you could hope for in a book,” -R. J. Palacio, #1 New York Times bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWonder, White Bird,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePony\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Espionage! Secrets! Suspense! If you’ve ever dreamed of being a spy, this book is for you.” -Alan Gratz, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRefugee\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eProjekt 1065\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMax Bretzfeld doesn’t want to move to London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeaving home is hard and Max is alone for the first time in his life. But not for long. Max is surprised to discover that he’s been joined by two unexpected traveling companions, one on each shoulder, a kobold and a dybbuk named Berg and Stein.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGermany is becoming more and more dangerous for Jewish families, but Max is determined to find a way back home, and back to his parents. He has a plan to return to Berlin. It merely involves accomplishing the impossible: becoming a British spy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first book in a duology, \u003ci\u003eMax in the House of Spies\u003c\/i\u003e is a thought-provoking World War II story as only acclaimed storyteller Adam Gidwitz can tell it—fast-paced and hilarious, with a dash of magic and a lot of heart.\u003cb\u003eInstant New York Times bestseller • \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of the Year • \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e Editors’ Choice • \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of the Year • \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of the Year • Common Sense Best Books of the Year • Imagination Soup Best Books of the Year\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003eTablet Magazine \u003c\/i\u003eBest Books of the Year \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eA cracking adventure story\u003c\/b\u003e…. Readers will seethe with Max at the teasing, pine with him as he longs for home, and cheer as he trounces his adversaries to the point of being taken on by British espionage.″ —\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eAbsolutely everything a reader could want in a World War II spy novel\u003c\/b\u003e.″ —\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal,\u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Clever Max plays the long game with determination, and his agency is refreshing…. This heartfelt historical novel \u003cb\u003eexplores big questions of autonomy and allegiance\u003c\/b\u003e with an admirable protagonist readers will respect and adore.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist,\u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Max’s training as a spy is described in \u003cb\u003eriveting detail\u003c\/b\u003e, with readers rooting for the determined boy even as we know the dangers awaiting him if he passes the test.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book,\u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gidwitz imbues Max’s first-person voice with plentiful charm and intellect, making him \u003cb\u003ean irresistible and irrepressible protagonist\u003c\/b\u003e…. An exciting mixture of triumphs and perils, leading up to a cliffhanger ending that will have readers clamoring for the sequel.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly,\u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Newbery Honor winner Adam Gidwitz uses historical events to build this inspiring and exciting tale of one boy′s determination in the face of extreme prejudice and violence.... The novel is never heavy or sorrowful; instead, \u003ci\u003eMax in the House of Spies\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with \u003cb\u003ehumor, hope, and tenacity.\u003c\/b\u003e″ —\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness,\u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Funny, fraught, magical… \u003cb\u003eA thrilling tale, irresistible characters, and many hilarious moments\u003c\/b\u003e sit atop a lot of dark history and ethical issues in Adam Gidwitz′s WWII tale of a radio-whiz Kindertransport kid in spy school.” –Common Sense Media, five stars\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A duology opener with a truly likable hero and clever puzzling. \u003ci\u003eMax in the House of Spies\u003c\/i\u003e—\u003cb\u003epacked with sideways thinking, sociopolitical insights, and a Marmite-eating kangaroo named Kathy\u003c\/b\u003e—delights.″ —\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003eBestselling author Adam Gidwitz was a teacher for eight years. He told countless stories to his students, who then demanded he write his first book, \u003ci\u003eA Tale Dark \u0026amp; Grimm\u003c\/i\u003e. Adam has since written two companion novels, \u003ci\u003eIn a Glass Grimmly\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Grimm Conclusion\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Inquisitor’s Tale,\u003c\/i\u003e which won the Newbery Honor, and The Unicorn Rescue Society series. Adam still tells creepy, funny fairy tales live to kids on his podcast \u003ci\u003eGrimm, Grimmer, Grimmest\u003c\/i\u003e—and at schools around the world. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, daughter, and dog, Lucy Goosey.Once there was a boy who had two immortal creatures living on his shoulders.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This was the fourth most interesting thing about him.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The first most interesting thing about Max—that was his name—was that he was a genius. He could make a working radio from the junk at the bottom of a trash can, and he could usually predict what someone was going to say ten minutes be­fore they said it.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The second most interesting thing about Max was that, when he was eleven years old, his parents sent him away from Germany, where he was born and grew up, to England. All by himself. Even though he’d never been there, didn’t know any­one there, and barely spoke any English.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The third most interesting thing about Max was that, when he got to England, he fell in with spies. Real, honest-to-goodness spies. A lot of them.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e And the fourth most interesting thing about him was that he had two immortal creatures living on his shoulders.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e But that’s probably what you have the most questions about, so let’s start there.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The two immortal creatures appeared the day his parents sent him to England.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e His family had been arguing about it for weeks. Their small Berlin apartment shook as Max had stomped from the living room to his bedroom to the kitchen and back again, shouting things like:\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “You \u003ci\u003ecan’t \u003c\/i\u003emake me go!”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Everything is \u003ci\u003efine\u003c\/i\u003e! Who cares about the stupid Nazis?! They don’t matter!”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “What if you \u003ci\u003eneed \u003c\/i\u003eme?!”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e And, more quietly, alone in his room, “\u003ci\u003eWhat if \u003c\/i\u003eI \u003ci\u003eneed \u003c\/i\u003eyou\u003ci\u003e?\u003c\/i\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e But no matter what Max said, his parents had refused to change their minds. His mother had held him at the train sta­tion against her soft stomach, while his small, thin father had stroked Max’s hair. They’d waved as the train pulled out, tak­ing Max and the 198 other Jewish children to Holland and the ferry. Max hadn’t waved back. 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