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Max Einstein series.
Illustrated by
Beverly Johnson.
A homeless, orphaned tinkerer, Maxine Einstein lives a Dickensian life in modern-day NYC until the Change Makers Institute recruits her to compete with other international child prodigies. Rewarded for her critical thinking and humanitarian instincts, Max shifts the contest's terms, and the children join together to fight global crises and evade an evil corporation. Playful illustrations complement the goodhearted madcap adventure.