Common Sense Media Review
By Carrie Kingsley
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Fast, fun, smart mystery is packed with adventure and heart.
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What's the Story?
Like other books in this series, MAX EINSTEIN: SAVES THE FUTURE focuses on a global problem and the way the genius kids try to solve it, all while trying to escape the clutches of the evil Corp and its henchmen. The Corp is a shadowy group of the world's richest people who manipulate events to make even more money. The Corp wants Max to come work for them, and will stop at nothing to kidnap her and force her to use her intelligence and skills to their advantage. This time, Max and the other kids at the Change Makers Institute, a force for global good funded by a teen billionaire, try to solve world hunger. But first they have to keep Max alive and figure out who might be betraying them from within CMI itself.
Is It Any Good?
These pages are packed with enticing contrasts -- a fast-paced adventure and slow unfolding of personal stories, high-tech gadgets battling basic supplies, brilliant kids vs. powerful adults. Max Einstein: Saves the Future is a fun read that brings science to young adventurers, with Max explaining mid-getaway why her plan for using heat to confuse drones will work, or the drawings showing the physics behind using luggage as a weapon. Max's personal story offers a lot of time for reflection, and that this isn't seen as a weakness offers readers a chance to see parts of themselves in her struggles. The friendships between the kids of the Change Makers Institute are both lighthearted and deep, and the good-vs.-evil quest is just plain fun.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about how it feels to be betrayed by someone the way the Change Makers Institute kids are in Max Einstein: Saves the Future. Have you had someone pretend to be your friend? How did you react when you found out the truth? How did you feel?
Which of the CMI's proposed solutions to solving world hunger would you most want to work on?
What big global problems do you want to solve? What smaller, more local issues do you want to make an impact on?
Book Details
- Authors :
- Illustrator : Beverly Johnson
- Genre : Adventure
- Topics : STEM , Adventures , Friendship
- Book type : Fiction
- Publisher : jimmy patterson
- Publication date : August 31, 2020
- Publisher's recommended age(s) : 8 - 14
- Number of pages : 352
- Available on : Audiobook (unabridged), Hardback, Apple Books, Kindle
- Last updated : September 29, 2025
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