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IF YOU'RE READING THIS, IT'S TOO LATE, BAD MAGIC, & THE NAME OF THIS BOOK IS SECRET                               by Pseudonymous Bosch

3/26/2018

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Guest Blogger:  Haya, Montevideo Middle School
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​Cass and Max-Ernest are no ordinary kids. Cass lives with her mom, and her grandfathers Wayne and Larry are nearby. She is a brave girl and a survivalist whose custom-made backpack contains supplies for any disaster, natural or man-made. Max-Ernest likes to tell dumb jokes and practice magic tricks. He is a child of divorce and, to keep peace in the family, Max-Ernest. carries two backpacks to school, one from each parent. He got his name from both his parents. His mother wanted to name him Max and his father wanted to name him Ernest after his great-grandfather. As members of the secret Terces Society, she and her friend Max-Ernest have taken an oath to fight the evil forces of the Midnight Sun. The Midnight Sun is a “spa” out of town, but whoever goes in that building, never comes back…


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Clay is a go along to get along kind of guy. Almost thirteen, he is a fairly typical adolescent; he likes to skateboard, wears hoodies, and has a sustained interest in graffiti style art. Someone is framing Clay by drawing graffiti on the school walls, and everyone thinks it’s Clay, but he didn’t do it.. Who is framing Clay, and why?...


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A real-estate agent for the deceased, named Gloria, finds a mysterious box called, "The Symphony of Smells," in a dead magician's house which she gives to Cass and her grandfathers. Cass is a misfit in her school until she meets another misfit, Max-Ernest, who talks too much, loves jokes and has divorced parents, but who are still living in the same house that is split into two halves- one for the dad and one for the mom, with neither of them allowed to cross the other's side of the house.. Cass and Max-Ernest have an adventure to go search the dead magicians house, and find mysterious items in a secret room…

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