Max Disaster #2: Alien Eraser Unravels the Mystery of the Pyramids [Hardcover]

Marissa Moss (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Max Disaster

Welcome to Max’s secret collection of inventions, comic strips, and random thoughts about school, family breakups, and the power of Alien Eraser.

Did aliens build the pyramids? Will a magic love potion bring Mom and Dad back together? And what do school science, mummified apples, and alien erasers have to do with it? In a second zany, jam-packed graphic novel, Max jots down his worst fears and best brainstorms.

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About the Author

Marissa Moss fi rst wrote about Max in 2003. She is the author of many books for young readers, including the hugely popular Amelia’s Notebook series. She lives in Berkeley, California.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 56 pages
• Publisher: Candlewick (May 12, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0763635855
• ISBN-13: 978-0763635855
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.4 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,268,006 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Marissa Moss has been telling stories and drawing pictures to go with them for as long as she can remember. She sent her first book to publishers when she was nine, but it wasn't very good and it never got published. She didn't try again until she was a grown-up, but since then she hasn't stopped.

The idea for the first Amelia's Notebook came from the notebook Moss kept when she was a kid. Amelia is a lot like her and the things that happen to Amelia really happened to Marissa (mostly).

Along with Amelia, Moss has created many characters and is especially drawn to history. Historical books allows her to imagine what it's like to be alive in a different place at a completely different time. And then there are the Max Disaster books which allow her to play with scientific experiments, inventions, and comic strips.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Moss creates magic!, May 12, 2009

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This review is from: Max Disaster #2: Alien Eraser Unravels the Mystery of the Pyramids (Paperback)

In MAX'S DISASTER #2 (which centers on Mas'x quest to invent a potion to make his estranged parents love each other) Marissa Moss brilliantly captures Max's everyday life, as well as his imaginative and emotional worlds. Like the first book, MAX'S DISASTER #1, this one is a marvelous balancing act of contemporary and ancient, fact and fantasy, poignancy and humor, reality and unbridled imagination. Not only that, it gives readers of all ages plenty to ponder about Ancient Egypt, science, and human nature. Thanks to Ms. Moss for sharing her unique and brainy magic with us once again!