Max's Logbook

Max Disaster

by Marissa Moss

A beloved and best-selling author debuts on Scholastic Press with an exciting new series!

Clever, curious Max, a budding scientist, begins a logbook to record his hilarious experiments and ideas for inventions. In a journal-like style, his logbook also introduces us to his school, friends, family, and an inventive comic strip, Alien Erasers. But most touching of all is Max's struggle to adjust to his parents' impending divorce. And while Max tries to control the uncontrollable through his wacky scientific experiments, (like the robot that will keep his family together) he soon learns that Dad's new house has possibilitities of becoming a second home.

Genres: Science

48 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Marissa Moss has written more than seventy books, from picture books to middle-grade and young adult novels. Best known for the Amelia's Notebook series, her books are popular with teachers and children alike. Her picture book Barbed Wire Baseball won the California Book Award gold medal. Moss is also the founder of Creston Books, an independent children's publishing house.

Reviews

[Duane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Max uses his "logbook" like a diary and shows us his experiments and daily thoughts in a clever way. I can see reluctant readers enjoying this style of book because it's very unspecific and you can pick and choose what you want to read. Max gives simple thoughts to the fights that his parents are having everynight. I like the honest humor the author uses when Max describes his friends and teachers at school. Not a deep book, but that's ok because we all aren't deep all the time. A nice quick read.

[Sabrina Robinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

A young boy's logbook - 'not a record of what he does, but of inventions and experiments'. Through his drawings and descriptions of eraser aliens and robot families, Max works through the emotions of his parent's fighting, then separating. Lots of fun details - the kind of book you can sit and dwell on each page.

[Cassie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was very sad and had a very little of an ending. This is definitely a book that would trigger some of those terrible emotions kid's feel when their parents are having issues or have had issues. I don't recommend this book to anyone. The subject matter made my mentee who I was reading the book with feel terrible. Books like this can turn children off from reading.

[Milana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Almost as good as the Amelia books!!!

[Lacy · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is a funny comedy about a weird science boy who likes to make eraser people and aliens