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Between carrying on the monster-hunting tradition of his family, the van Helsings, and trying to stay out of trouble at school, Max is ready for a day off. So when his class heads to the mountains on a camping trip, Max can’t wait to leave the stress behind and get his s’mores on. But monster-hunting doesn’t take a vacation, and soon Max and his gearhead friend Syd find themselves seeking the answers to who—or what—is behind a raft of mysterious camper kidnappings. The locals say it’s a bigfoot, rumored to roam the forest, but as more and more magical beasts rear their shaggy, scaly, and horned heads, Max starts to wonder if what’s afoot is something even bigger—and scarier—than the Beast of Bone Creek.
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Release date
November 8, 2016 -
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9780698191914
- File size: 11552 KB
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9780698191914
- File size: 11552 KB
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 6
- Lexile® Measure: 840
- Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
- Text Difficulty: 4-5
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Reviews
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September 15, 2016
A school trip brings 13-year-old, quip-spewing monster-hunter Max Helsing into the middle of a new hunt.Max's first-ever vacation is his class camping trip. After a stop at the small New Hampshire town's general store (a Bigfoot-themed tourist trap where a hermit gives them a campy, B-movie-style warning), Max encounters some more mundane issues--he's sharing the smallest room in the hilariously run-down lodge with a classmate, the principal (out to get him), and a pee bucket. Once the activities get started, Max keeps encountering nonaggressive supernatural creatures from around the globe (interspersed illustrated field-guide pages inform) at an area identified as spiritually and culturally important to the Pequawket. Max learns the reason for this--the efforts of one of his more-peaceful ancestors--but not before two friendly campers go missing with clues pointing toward Bigfoot, triggering a plague of hunters, including British supernatural-hunting rival Abel Archer. Max must solve the monster mystery before it's too late. White Max's primary supportive cast is diverse--Latina Syd Perez, Asian-American Wing Liu, and African-American Jed--but, aside from the red-haired bully, racial markers are left out for minor characters. The ending further teases the existence of Max's powerful nemesis. Combines gleefully immature ("buttmunch," "Crapsacks!") humor with witty one-liners and a fast, active pace--easy to enjoy. (Horror. 9-13)COPYRIGHT(2016) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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July 1, 2017
After Max Helsing and the Thirteenth Curse, Max is ready for a school camping trip and a break from monster hunting. But when people start disappearing, rumors about Sasquatches start flying. It's up to Max to figure out what's going on without rousing suspicion from his classmates and principal. Pages from the Helsing family monster book periodically supplement the story but also disrupt the flow.(Copyright 2017 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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