Max Booth Future Sleuth


Book Description

There’s a new sleuth in town — he’s fun, funny, and very 2424! It’s 2424. Super Sleuth Max Booth is uncovering the secrets of 20th century gadgets with his faithful but slightly neurotic robodog, Oscar. There are sinister characters and challenges along the way. Join the adventure in this fabulous series full of mystery, surprises and suspense. Ideal for reluctant readers. IF YOU HAVE A MAP, YOU MUST KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GOING… RIGHT? TODAY, MAX ISN’T SO SURE! When Max and his brainy beagle-bot, Oscar, find a 400-year-old navigation unit, they’re shocked to discover that it still seems to work. They trace its owner’s last journey and find themselves on the road to very big trouble! Far from home, Max and Oscar cross paths with a bunch of bungling burglars, trying to zip away with a precious piece of old-tech art. Max and Oscar will need to map out a rapid plan to catch the thieves and navigate their way out of danger!




Max Booth Future Sleuth - Tape Escape!


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Max Booth is an 11-year-old shadie urchin living in the year 2424, struggling to survive. With the chance to make some money by uncovering the secrets of mysterious gadgets from the 20th century. 130pp.




Max Booth Future Sleuth: Stamp Safari


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Max is back and in the third instalment of the action-packed Max Booth Future Sleuth series, Max and his robosidekick, Oscar, are ready to sharpen their super-sleuthing skills yet again. A tiny piece of paper from the year 2019 might not sound very interesting to most people. But Max and Oscar – Bluggsville’s sharpest sleuths – aren’t most people! Max has a hunch that this ancient patch of paper might be valuable, and extremely rare. Max is right – this isn’t just any old piece of paper. It’s a strange, sticky thing called a postage stamp, and it’s more than 400 years old! It’s an exciting discovery, but before long, it leads Max and Oscar into some very sticky situations…




Max Booth Future Sleuth: Film Strip


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In the year 2424, it seems crazy that people once needed film to take photos. Max and Oscar – Bluggsville’s smartest sleuths – are shocked when they find a 400-year-old roll of film. They’re even more shocked to discover that it still seems to contain someone’s happy snap! Unfortunately, they’re not the only people who realise how rare, and valuable, this photo could be. Max and Oscar are going to need all of their wits to make sure the photo ends up in the museum, where it belongs!




Tape Escape


Book Description

It's 2424. Max and his robo-dog sidekick, Oscar, are out to solve another techno-history mystery! They've been asked to identify an object that's baffling everyone; a 1980s cassette tape. But there's more to the tape than meets the eye and the ears! When devious Dr. Grizzlowe tries to take credit for the tape's rock-tastic recordings, Max and Oscar know they're going to need all their future sleuthy skills to put things right.




Little Witch: Hauntings & Hexes


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When a malevolent spirit is released into the world, things get dangerous for Courtney. Will she be able to save the day and keep her growing powers a secret?




Max Booth Future Sleuth #6


Book Description

IF YOU HAVE A MAP, YOU MUST KNOWWHERE YOU'RE GOING? RIGHT?TODAY, MAX ISN'T SO SURE!When Max and his brainy beagle-bot, Oscar, find a400-year-old navigation unit, they're shocked to discoverthat it still seems to work. They trace its owner's last journeyand find themselves on the road to very big trouble!Far from home, Max and Oscar cross paths with abunch of bungling burglars, trying to zip away witha precious piece of old-tech art. Max and Oscar willneed to map out a rapid plan to catch the thieves andnavigate their way out of danger!.




Max Booth Future Sleuth #6


Book Description

There's a new sleuth in town - he's fun, funny, and very 2424! It's 2424. Super Sleuth Max Booth is uncovering the secrets of 20th century gadgets with his faithful but slightly neurotic robodog, Oscar. There are sinister characters and challenges along the way. Join the adventure in this fabulous series full of mystery, surprises and suspense. Ideal for reluctant readers. IF YOU HAVE A MAP, YOU MUST KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOINGâ ] RIGHT? TODAY, MAX ISN'T SO SURE! When Max and his brainy beagle-bot, Oscar, find a 400-year-old navigation unit, they're shocked to discover that it still seems to work. They trace its owner's last journey and find themselves on the road to very big trouble! Far from home, Max and Oscar cross paths with a bunch of bungling burglars, trying to zip away with a precious piece of old-tech art. Max and Oscar will need to map out a rapid plan to catch the thieves and navigate their way out of danger!.




Googol Boy


Book Description

When an unassuming, rather clueless teenager is zapped by lightning while working on his computer, he absorbs all the information off the internet and his (very) ordinary brain starts to exhibit extraordinary potential. As Howie struggles to control his new-found power he is faced with all sorts of hilarious predicaments, from contending with mega-mean teachers to being ridiculed by the school braniac, a petite know-it-all determined to humiliate him. Can Howie overcome the enormous obstacles before him to defeat his annoying arch-nemesis and solve the peculiar mystery of the stolen Great Quiz Trophy?




Chip Blip


Book Description

Max and Oscar are given a pet ID microchip to identify. A rice-sized electronic device, Max has never seen anything quite like it. Using an ancient library book scanner, he obtains a reading from it. It's a mysterious code, with the Bluggsville City logo beside it. Max and Oscar uncover the identity of the dog it was assigned to and are determined to find out why the chip was never implanted. Oscar, smitten by the dog in the photo, is especially eager. When their hunt lands them at a pound for robo-dogs, they resolve to set the dogs free. Little do they know the chip is transmitting their location details to forces that threaten their own freedom.