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    The Misadventures of Max Crumbly 1: Locker Hero
    The Misadventures of Max Crumbly 1: Locker Hero
    The Misadventures of Max Crumbly 1: Locker Hero
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    The Misadventures of Max Crumbly 1: Locker Hero

    By Rachel Renee Russell

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    • School Life

    • Humor

    • Friendship

    • Adventure

    • Fear

    • Fish Out of Water

    • Secret Identity

    • Coming of Age

    • Unlikely Hero

    • Misunderstanding

    • Superhero Origin Story

    • Nerd Vs. Bully

    • Overcoming Adversity

    • Underdog

    • Mistaken Identity

    • Superheroes

    • Burglary

    • Embarrassment

    • Survival

    • Self-Discovery

    About this ebook

    Meet Max Crumbly in this series from #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries author Rachel René​e Russell!

    Max Crumbly is about to face the scariest place he’s ever been: South Ridge Middle School.

    There’s a lot that’s great about his new school, but there’s also one big problem—Doug, the school bully whose hobby is stuffing Max in his locker. If only Max could be like the hero in his favorite comics. Unfortunately, Max’s uncanny, almost superhuman ability to smell pizza from a block away won’t exactly save any lives or foil bad guys.

    But that doesn’t mean Max won’t do his best to be the hero his school needs!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAladdin
    Release dateJun 7, 2016
    ISBN9781481460026
    Author

    Rachel Renee Russell

    Rachel Renee Russell is a lawyer who prefers writing children's books to legal briefs (mainly because books are a lot more fun and pyjamas and bunny slippers aren't allowed in court). She has raised two daughters and lived to tell about it. Rachel lives in northern Virginia with a spoiled pet Yorkie who terrorises her daily by climing on top of her computer and pelting her with stuffed animals while she writes. And, yes, Rachel considers herself a total Dork.

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    Readers find this title to be an amazing and hilarious book that is full of laughter. It is a cliffhanger that keeps readers engaged and wanting more. Some readers prefer the author's other series, Dork Diaries, but still find this book enjoyable. Overall, readers love this fun and entertaining read.

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    • 5/5
      Another master piece by Rachel Renee Russell another one of the best books I've ever read 10 out of 10 amazing no.1 although when's the next one coming out ?
    • 3/5
      Well Rachel dork diaries is a lot better than max crumbly sorry but I think dork diaries is better I will finish this series though just because max says stuff about Nikkei that's literally the only reason why sorry but this book isn't that good but please make more dork diaries I absolutely love them???????
    • 5/5
      It was wonderful! Just like Dork Diaries. Lovely. Thank you!
    • 5/5
      This book is amazing! It's hilarious and a cliffhanger. A laugh-out-loud books for sure!

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    • 5/5
      It is incredibly funny you won't stop laughing!! I can't stop reading it! You won't be able to put it down!

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    • 4/5
      I loved this book
      Just amazing
      Five stars
      !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    • 5/5
      Super fun! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ,

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    • 5/5
      it was a awsome book aboutmax and his dorky costume

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      I Love this book it is so good and fun to read

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    • 3/5
      it's a cliffhanger. you need to get the next book to appreciate the story.

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    The Misadventures of Max Crumbly 1 - Rachel Renee Russell

    1. MY SECRET LIFE AS A SUPERHERO ZERO

    If I had SUPERPOWERS, life in middle school wouldn’t be quite so CRUDDY.

    Hey, I’d NEVER miss the stupid bus again, because I’d just FLY to school! . . .

    AWESOME, right? That would pretty much make ME the COOLEST kid at my school!

    But I’ll let you in on a secret. Getting bombed by an angry bird is NOT cool. It’s just . . . NASTY!!

    TV, comic books, and movies make all this superhero stuff look SO easy. But it ISN’T! So don’t believe the HYPE.

    You CAN’T get superpowers by hanging out in a laboratory, mixing up colorful, glowing liquids that you simply DRINK. . . .

    ME, MIXING UP A YUMMY SUPERPOWER SMOOTHIE

    HOW do I know it doesn’t work? . . .

    OOPS!

    Let me put it this way. . . .

    Even if I DID have superpowers, the very first person I’d need to rescue is . . .

    MYSELF!

    WHY?

    Because a guy at school pulled a lousy PRANK on me.

    And, unfortunately, I might be DEAD by the time you read this!

    Yes, I said DEAD.

    Okay, I’ll admit that he didn’t MEAN to kill me.

    But still . . . !!

    So if you’re the type who gets FREAKED OUT over this kind of stuff (or comic book cliffhangers), you probably shouldn’t read my journal. . . .

    Um . . . excuse me, but are you STILL reading?!

    Okay, fine! Go right ahead.

    Just don’t say I didn’t warn you!

    2. IF THERE’S A DEAD BODY INSIDE MY LOCKER, IT’S PROBABLY ME!

    It all started as a normal, boring, CRUMMY day in my abnormally boring, CRUMMY life.

    My morning was a disaster because I overslept. Then it went straight downhill from there.

    I completely lost track of time at breakfast while reading a really old comic book that my father found in the attic a few days ago.

    He said his dad had given it to him as a birthday gift when he was a kid.

    He warned me to be super careful with it and not take it out of the house because it was a collectible and probably worth a few hundred dollars.

    My dad was pretty serious about it because he’d already scheduled an appointment to get it appraised at the local comic book store.

    However, since I was running late for school, I decided to sneak take the comic book with me and finish reading it during lunch.

    Like, what could happen to it at school?!

    Anyway, as I rushed to the bus stop, the zipper broke on my backpack and all my stuff fell out, including Dad’s comic book.

    I was like, Oh, CRUD!! My dad is going to STRANGLE ME if I damage his comic book!

    I grabbed the comic book and was desperately trying to pick up everything else when the bus pulled up, screeched to a halt, waited all of three seconds, and then zoomed off again.

    Without me!

    Hey, I ran after that thing like it was a $100 bill blowing in the wind!

    STOP!! STOP!! STOOOOP!

    I yelled.

    But it didn’t.

    Which meant I missed the bus, was forced to walk to school, and arrived twenty minutes late.

    Next I got chewed out by the office secretary. She gave me a tardy slip and then threatened an after-school detention because I had interrupted her while she was eating a jelly doughnut.

    And just when I thought things couldn’t possibly get ANY worse, they did.

    When I stopped by my locker to get my books, suddenly everything went DARK.

    That’s when I realized I was TRAPPED in my worst . . .

    NIGHTMARE!

    I knew attending a new middle school was going to be tough, but this is INSANE.

    My life STINKS!

    I know you’re probably thinking, Dude, just chill! Everybody has a BAD day at school.

    Stop whining and GET OVER IT!

    For real?

    Are you serious?

    Like, HOW am I supposed to get over THIS?! . . .

    Doug Thurston, better known as Thug Thurston, just STUFFED ME INSIDE MY LOCKER!! AGAIN! And it’s only the second week of school.

    Are we having FUN yet? I’ve been crammed inside here for what seems like forever!!

    And, unfortunately, I don’t have my cell phone to call for help! I was in such a big rush this morning, I left it sitting right on the table after breakfast.

    My legs are so numb, I could probably saw off my big toe with my metal ruler and not feel a thing. And did I mention that I just had an asthma attack? If I didn’t always have my inhaler with me at school, I’d probably already be dead by now!

    I'm definitely going to be dead by lunchtime due to suffocation from limited oxygen and the stench of the funky gym clothes in the locker next door.

    Which is ironic when you think about it, because I should have died DURING lunch the first time I ate the SEWER SLUDGE they try to pass off as food in the cafeteria!

    And if all of THIS isn’t enough TORTURE, I have to PEE! REALLY bad!

    I need to figure out how I’m going to get out of this stupid locker.

    Luckily, I have my flashlight key chain with me. Otherwise it would be pitch-black in here.

    The ONLY reason I’m writing all of this in my journal is because I’m worried that one day Thug Thurston will stuff me in my locker and I’ll NEVER get out.

    So I came up with an ingenious plan.

    When the authorities arrive to investigate my mysterious disappearance, the FIRST thing they’re going to find inside my locker (after my DECOMPOSED BODY!) is this journal! . . .

    ME, AFTER I’M FOUND INSIDE MY LOCKER WITH MY JOURNAL!

    I’m calling it THE MISADVENTURES OF MAX CRUMBLY, and it’s basically a highly detailed record of all the CRAP I’ve had to deal with! my experiences here at this school.

    Since there’s a chance I WON’T make it out of my locker alive, I’ve provided enough evidence in these pages to send Thug Thurston away to PRISON!

    For LIFE!

    Or at least land his butt in after-school detention every day until he graduates or drops out of school, whichever comes first!

    Hey, I’m NOT trying to save the world or be a hero or anything like that, so don’t get it twisted.

    But if I can prevent what happened to ME from happening to YOU or another kid, then every second I spend suffering inside my locker will be worth it.

    3. HOW DARTH VADER BECAME MY FATHER

    I know some of you are probably thinking . . .

    Is this guy for real? Is he actually writing all of this from INSIDE his LOCKER?

    I totally understand and appreciate your skepticism.

    I’M having a REALLY hard time believing all of this is actually happening to me TOO! I guess I should start by introducing myself.

    My name is Maxwell Crumbly, and I’m an eighth grader at South Ridge Middle School.

    But most of the kids at my school just call me Barf, after I threw up my oatmeal in PE class

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