Mission: In Search of the Time and Space Machine (Mission: Spy Force; Max Remy Adventures) [Paperback]

Deborah Abela (Author), George O'Connor (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Mission: Spy Force; Max Remy Adventures

Make room, James Bond -- Max Remy is an eleven-year-old superspy ready for action. Max may look like your typical kid, but she isn't. In truth she's a world-class superspy involved in a dangerous mission with the international agency Spy Force. When Max's mother sends her off to visit Aunt Eleanor and Uncle Ben for summer vacation, Max and her friend Linden encounter a Time and Space Machine that can carry them anywhere in the world. Dare they test their fate?

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Grade 4-7–Max Remy, 11, spends much of her time alone because her divorced parents are busy with their high-powered jobs. To pass the time she writes stories about super spy Alex Crane and the top-secret agency, Spy Force. Little does she dream that she will soon be involved in an adventure to rival those of her protagonist. She is horrified to learn that she will be spending the summer at her relatives' farm in Pennsylvania, but all is not as it seems there. Aunt Eleanor and Uncle Ben are actually brilliant scientists who left a covert operation when they discovered that the head of their agency was corrupt. Uncle Ben has continued working on his invention–the Matter Transporter–and he now has perfected it. Impulsively, Max decides to use it herself to find Ben's estranged brother. She convinces neighbor Linden to go along for the ride and sets the Transporter for London. Tracking Francis down takes some work, and along the way they attract the attention of Eleanor and Ben's former supervisor. He will stop at nothing to obtain the machine that Francis is working on, and he follows and kidnaps Max and Linden. Using their wits (and the Transporter), they escape. Filled with nonstop action, the story is sure to be a hit with fans of adventure mysteries and the Spy Kids films. Alex Crane's adventures are interspersed throughout the book, and at the end Max discovers that there really is a Spy Force–that just might need her help in the future.–Terrie Dorio, Santa Monica Public Library, CA
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About the Author

Deborah Abela is a writer for a popular children's television program. This is her first book in the Spy Force series.

George O'Connor's cover -- as a mild-mannered clerk in one of Gotham's most beloved children's bookstores -- was completely blown when his first picture book, KAPOW!, was exploded onto the scene. Forced to leave the bookselling world behind, he now spends even more time in his secret Brooklyn, New York, hideout -- where he uses his amazing artistic powers to strike fear in the hearts of bad guys everywhere!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Aladdin (November 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416927522
• ISBN-13: 978-1416927525
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,732,348 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A special kind of agent, July 7, 2005

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This review is from: Max Remy, Secret Agent: In Search Of The Time And Space Machine (Hardcover)

If you thought all agents were cool and smart like James Bond or stupid and idiotic like Johnny English, think again!This new book is about the life of a sarcastic and modern agent: Max Remy.Max Remy is a rich kid and lives in her mother's posh city apartment.Her mother is a lot to do with famous personalities in Australia and Max's house is rather beautiful and modern.Max Remy's workoholic mum will be busy during the school holidays so Max Remy is sent to her uncle and aunt's farmhhouse in the Mindawarra.She meets up with her country relatives who she dislikes from first sight and wild boy Linden, until she finds out that her uncle and aunt are famous scientists and are working on a famous space and time machine!Max soon grows attached to her uncle and aunt and soon finds out that her uncle is still sad due to a argument he had 10 years ago with his elder brother, who was also a scientist.Max is determined to find her uncles's brother in London and bring him to Australia to see how sad he is without him using her uncle's time and space machine.Max and Linden go on a search to find her uncle's brother, but during the way they meet a beautiful university colleague who had been drawn down to become a lab assistant by an evil and unstoppable man, Mr Blue.Mr Blue wants to take over the world with the space and time machine and kidnap the two children, knowing that they have it.The two children wake up finding themselves in Blue's Industry.But when they meet Mr Blue they find themselves being lowered into a pit of jelly.Will they survive?

A great read for any children for a little bit of quirky adventure