Maxi's Secrets
Books | Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Dogs
4.2
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Lynn Plourde
When a BIG, lovable, does-it-her-way dog wiggles her way into the heart of a loudmouth pipsqueak of a boy, wonderful things happen that help him become a bigger, better person. Perfect for fans of Wonder and Because of Winn-Dixie. Timminy knows that moving to a new town just in time to start middle school when you are perfect bully bait is less than ideal. But he gets a great consolation prize in Maxi—a gentle giant of a dog who the family quickly discovers is deaf. Timminy is determined to do all he can to help Maxi—after all, his parents didn't return him because he was a runt. But when the going gets rough for Timminy, who spends a little too much time getting shoved into lockers at school, Maxi ends up being the one to help him—along with their neighbor, Abby, who doesn’t let her blindness define her and bristles at Timminy’s “poor-me” attitude. It turns out there’s more to everyone than what’s on the surface, whether it comes to Abby, Maxi, or even Timminy himself.
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Author
Lynn Plourde
Pages
272
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2017-08-01
ISBN
0399545689 9780399545689
Ratings
Google: 5
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"Without a doubt the best book for middle-schoolers I've ever read.<br/><br/>This book isn't about a dog. It's about learning to make friends, to apologize, to be less whiny and prideful, to deal with the world not being fair, and to not judge a book by it's cover. It's excellent.<br/><br/>What struck me the most was the author's excellence in making the characters feel real. In much of literature for kids in this age range, we either talk down to our kids or invalidate their childish feelings: the characters act like adults or spoiled toddlers. This book does neither, and I will enjoy reading it to my kids and letting them devour it on their own, many, many times."
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