Synopses & Reviews
andlt;B andgt;Reinventing yourself takes humor, heart, and a TON of footnotes!andlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Max is a good kidand#8212;but you wouldnand#8217;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 and#8220;Mad Maxand#8221; and gains a bad-boy reputation for being daring, cool, and fearless.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;But when Max returns home, he finds itand#8217;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 a way to merge his adventurous alter ego with his true identity as a good guy?andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Peppered with humorous handwritten footnotes and doodles throughout, andlt;I andgt;Anyway*andlt;/Iandgt; perfectly captures the viewpoint of a young teen doing his best to find his place in the worldand#8212;and an ideal balance between wise guy and wimp.
Review
"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
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"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
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"Everything about this book screams summer fun."--The Washington Post
Review
...Salm has penned a deeply innovative tale that takes risks with the genre and succeeds wildly. San Diego Free Press
Synopsis
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 a way 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.
About the Author
andlt;Bandgt;Arthur Salm andlt;/Bandgt;is a former newspaper columnist for the andlt;iandgt;San Diego Union Tribuneandlt;/iandgt; who now writes books full time.