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From #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries author Rachel Renee Russell comes the second book in an all-new series about Max Crumbly and his daily ups and downs in middle school. When we last left our hero, Max Crumbly, he had crash-landed on top of a Mighty Meat Monster pizza after taking a late night tumble through the vents at South Ridge Middle School--and he was completely surrounded by three ruthless criminals! Will Max be shredded to bits like mozzarella cheese on the hard and crunchy pizza crust of doom? Can his friend and sidekick, computer whiz Erin, help get him out of this sticky situation alive?
Gr 4-6—The first volume of this series concluded with Max landing on the pizza of the villains who were stealing the school's computers. This next installment follows his attempts to retrieve his father's prize comic book and thwart the thieves before his partner in high jinks, Erin, calls the police. Caught in the school building after hours because a school bully trapped him in a locker, Max now tries to capture the leisurely and incompetent criminals by sliming them with cookie dough, enticing them up a gym rope ladder tied to a fan, and luring one into a bathroom stall that explodes into a poop fountain. Along the way, he relays anecdotes about previous mishaps and connects further with his crush and technical adviser, Erin. Max also struggles with his asthma and gets in trouble at home because of his adventures. This notebook-style novel includes crossed-out text (when Max tries to edit his own story), rap lyrics, jokes about bodily functions, and digs at the insufficiencies of the school building and the criminals' abilities. The computer thieves are still on the loose at the end, so another entry can be expected. VERDICT Student demand will make this purchase a necessity. Those who prefer a bit more plot and character development may find Tommy Greenwald's "Charlie Joe Jackson" or Nate Peirce's "Big Nate" titles to be equally amusing but more substantial reads.—Karen Yingling, Blendon Middle School, Westerville, OH
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Rachel Renée Russell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dork Diaries, an international blockbuster series chronicling the life and misadventures of middle school students, Nikki Maxwell and her best friends Chloe and Zoey. With humor and wit, Rachel’s books encourage tweens to embrace their individuality and always let their inner dork shine through. The Dork Diaries series has been translated into fifty-two languages worldwide and its characters are as diverse as the millions of tweens who read the books. With more than fifty-five million books in print, the series has garnered such honors as two Kids’ Book Choice Awards, an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Children, the Milner Award for Children’s Literature, and a Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Book of the Year nomination. Rachel is also the author of a second New York Times bestselling series, The Misadventures of Max Crumbly, which received a Kids’ Book Choice Award. Her daughter, Nikki Russell, is the illustrator for both book series. The mother-daughter team has released twenty-one consecutive New York Times bestsellers. Rachel Renée Russell es la autora número uno en ventas del New York Times de Diario de Nikki, una serie de éxito internacional que narra la vida y las desventuras de las estudiantes de secundaria Nikki Maxwell y sus mejores amigas Chloe y Zoey. Con humor e ingenio, los libros de Rachel animan a los preadolescentes a aceptar su individualidad y a dejar que su "dork" interior brille siempre. La serie Diario de Nikki ha sido traducida a cincuenta y dos idiomas en todo el mundo y sus personajes son tan diversos como los millones de preadolescentes que leen los libros. Con más de cincuenta y cinco millones de libros impresos, la serie ha cosechado honores como dos Kids' Book Choice Awards, un NAACP Image Award por Obra Literaria Destacada para Niños, el Milner Award por Literatura Infantil y una nominación al Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Book of the Year. Rachel también es autora de una segunda serie de gran éxito de ventas del New York Times, Las desaventuras de Max Crumbly, que recibió un Kids' Book Choice Award. Su hija, Nikki Russell, es la ilustradora de ambas series de libros. El equipo formado por madre e hija ha publicado veintiún bestsellers consecutivos del New York Times.
