Max and the Midknights

Name: Max and the Midknights
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780593377925
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The Tower of Time

By Lincoln Peirce

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Includes a new Max short story! New York Times bestselling series from the creator of Big Nate. The clock is ticking on Max's final adventure as she races to uncover family secrets. Max and the Midknights is now an animated TV show on Nickelodeon! Includes a... Read More

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Includes a new Max short story!

New York Times bestselling series from the creator of Big Nate. The clock is ticking on Max's final adventure as she races to uncover family secrets. Max and the Midknights is now an animated TV show on Nickelodeon!

Includes a new Max short story!

"An epic finish to an epic tale!" - Jeff Kinney, New York Times bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

Everyone's favourite knight-in-training is back...to back! Max's twin is public enemy number one, and it's up to the Midknights to find her before time runs out! But dangers loom, including bloodthirsty trolls, murderous pirates, and even a ruthless king—or two.

Can Max and her band of loyal friends unlock the mystery of her past? Lincoln Peirce pens another epic quest in The Tower of Time, book three in the New York Times bestselling Max & the Midknights series.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780593377925

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 September 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Random House Inc

Illustration: BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 288

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Lincoln Peirce Penguin Books Young Adult

About the Author

Lincoln Peirce is a New York Times bestselling author and cartoonist. His comic strip Big Nate appears in over 400 newspapers worldwide. It later was adapted into a bestselling series for young readers that has sold over twenty million books. Nickelodeon has created an animated series based on the character. Lincoln's instant New York Times bestselling series Max and the Midknights originated as a spoof of sword and sorcery tales. The Tower of Time reunites Max and her friends for a rollicking time-travel saga. Lincoln and his wife, Jessica, have two children and live in Portland, Maine

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