Max and the Millions

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It's also a strange statement to make in that Max has spent much of this book lipreading incredibly tiny people with no sound input. Darrow has done is re-mapped Max's aid so as to increase the amplification of sounds, suggesting that the audiologist whose responsibility it is to do this is entirely incompetent.

While it's certainly possible for modern digital hearing aids to pick up signals via FM loops or Bluetooth, these are already built-in functions.

Despite this, I enjoyed how Max's hearing aids were an important part of the story and the focus on him making friends and developing confidence in himself and his ability to communicate. I know I used to imagine my toys came to life, that my Duplo characters moved around at night, wished I could talk to the Tooth Fairy - the size difference, the power difference fascinated me. Note that elementary schools generally have more support and peer interactions are less complex, so this is highly realistic. If you looked through his pockets you'd find empty crisp packets, lists of things to do, and a bottle of that stuff you put on your nails to stop you biting them.

He does a friend in his American roommate, Sasha, who tries to use ASL with him before realizing they ought to be using BSL, an entirely different language.

At time this books violent language startled me; it’s been a while since I’ve read the line ‘how many blood sacrifices would you like? But the miniature world is on the brink of war and Max must team up with his roommate Sasha and tiny King Luke to save the miniature world from the school's horrible headmaster.

Pitt, who interacts with him patronizingly and shows him off to visitors like he's a circus attraction. Together they have to learn to work together to save the tiny world in this hilarious, fast paced adventure. This friendship is a reminder for readers that you shouldn’t make assumptions about people before you really get to know them.The reds, greens and blues as a metaphor for societal divisions is a simple metaphor, but well executed.