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Anyway*: *A Story About Me with 138 Footnotes, 27 Exaggerations, and 1 Plate of Spaghetti [Hardcover]

Arthur Salm
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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May 1, 2012 8 and up 730L (What's this?)
Reinventing yourself takes humor, heart, and a TON of footnotes!

Max is a good kid—but you wouldn’t know that if you met him at the boring family camp his parents dragged him to over the summer. There, for a few exciting weeks, Max reinvents himself as “Mad Max” and gains a bad-boy reputation for being daring, cool, and fearless.

     But when Max returns home, he finds it’s easier to be fearless with strangers than it is among friends, and he is not particularly proud of the way his behavior over the summer hurt people. Can he find away to merge his adventurous alter ego with his true identity as a good guy?

     Peppered with humorous handwritten footnotes and doodles throughout, Anyway* perfectly captures the viewpoint of a young teen doing his best to find his place in the world—and an ideal balance between wise guy and wimp.


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"In Max, Salm has created a likable everykid who’s shy and caring, but who also possesses flashes of petulance, goofiness, self-doubt, and—yes—questionable decision making that make him very real. The 138 footnotes, set in a font that resembles hand-lettering, are smoothly integrated into the story and contribute to its easygoing, memoirlike pace."--Publishers Weekly

"Conveys with keen perception the revelations that persona can be a choice and that people tend to take us as we offer ourselves; it’s also sympathetically realistic about the need to calibrate that choice a little in the face of its consequences...The affable yet thoughtful treatment of shifting adolescent identity will ring true with kids thinking about changing their own reps, and it’ll gratify readers that the nice guy definitely doesn’t finish last."--BCCB

"Everything about this book screams summer fun."--The Washington Post

...Salm has penned a deeply innovative tale that takes risks with the genre and succeeds wildly. (San Diego Free Press)

About the Author

Arthur Salm is a former newspaper columnist for the San Diego Union Tribune who now writes books full time.

Product Details

  • Age Range: 8 and up
  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (May 1, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1442429305
  • ISBN-13: 978-1442429307
  • Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #738,389 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The footnotes are plentiful and most are a hoot! San Diego Expat  |  2 reviewers made a similar statement
I am hoping there will be a next one soon. Theo  |  1 reviewer made a similar statement
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it! May 8, 2012
By Theo
Format:Hardcover
It was a great book. I got this book at seven pm and read till ten pm, and finished it the next day - I found it very hard to put down and I only stopped reading because it was past my bedtime. I wanted it to be longer so I wouldn't finish it so soon. I am 12, the same age as the main character in the book. I enjoyed it because it was so funny and interesting and the story was exciting. I really liked the footnotes which explained parts of the book. I gave a copy of the book to my best friend for his birthday and he also loves it. I am hoping there will be a next one soon.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The childhood friend I wished I'd had! May 7, 2012
Format:Hardcover
I'm not a big fan of young adult literature, but I heard good things about this book and decided to buy it. I'm glad I did. I was thoroughly entertained by Max, aka Mad Max, who reinvents himself at summer camp and goes from being shy and predictable to loud and "out there." A funny story and also touching. The footnotes are plentiful and most are a hoot! I would like to see the further adventures of this kid.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Time Warp May 5, 2012
By D Wood
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Fifty years ago Arthur Salm was my best friend when we were twelve (12!) years old. He was a funny, smart, good guy. We read science fiction by Ray Bradbury and discussed the latest Rod Serling TV episodes. A half century later, I opened Arthur's first book, Anyway, and entered into a very good Twilight Zone. I remembered being twelve, felt it again with the bittersweet distance of time and memory, but it also was "present." If you are a kid, you will relate to this book. If you are an adult, you will feel related to this book. I am fortunate to claim Arthur still as a good friend. I savor our times together as you will savor hanging out with Max and sharing his (mis)adventures and inner monologue. All this time later I realize how it is possible to maintain a friendship so long. Arthur nee Max is just a cool guy, funny, sensitive, thoughtful, eventually and essentially kind, self-deprecating, a great story-teller, and just plain decent. I will recommend Anyway enthusiastically to my patients, their parents, my other friends, possibly even students-trainees one day because it is an excellent read, good recap of "being there," and, well, a mostly true story. By the way, Arthur, if you ever read this review, "Tag, got you last!"
David D. Wood, Ph.D. - Child Clinical Psychologist
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars The Adventures of Max
I read this book on the plane going to the East Coast. By the time I reached where I was going I was deep into my childhood. Read more
Published 20 days ago by Jack Karaba
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing middle!
The book anyway, has a great middle I'm eleven so I know how he feels. Me, being me and all, well I wish max remains mad max and still likes Kim, Connor, and Brice.
Published 3 months ago by William Goldberg
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent summer reading
I thoroughly enjoyed Anyway!! Mr. Salm is an excellent writer, who captures the "tween" time perfectly. I would
recommend this book to any one who remembers their adolescence. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Rosalie A.Moyer
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book! Educators-share with your students!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! It brought me right back to my childhood and remembering that feeling of angst wrapped up with the thrill of adventure. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Keryn
5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful!
Remember a time when you could laze away a summer afternoon watching clouds waft by? Just like that, I dropped into my childhood years, floating away a not-a-care-in-the-world... Read more
Published 10 months ago by flo pierce
5.0 out of 5 stars Warm, funny, enjoyable first novel
Arthur Salm was books editor at the San Diego Union Tribune when I lived as an ex-pat there (from London). Read more
Published 10 months ago by queuester
4.0 out of 5 stars I Wish I'd Read This At 13
Anyway* is just a terrific book that is just the right length and has just the right message hidden in the storyline to make your 8-14 year-old think about its pearls of wisdom... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Karen Gulliver
5.0 out of 5 stars Finally
Finally a new adventurous character to be fascinated by and wish to identify with! Arthur Salm's Max made me remember why I loved to read Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Lord of the Flies... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Valentino
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