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Maxed Out

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First published: 2012
Pages: 71

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The moving and skillfully written novel "Maxed Out" by Daphne Greer tells of how raising a bereaved mother and a sibling with special needs steals puberty. Twelve-year-old Max's ambition to play hockey and his duty to accompany his autistic brother Duncan everywhere he goes collide. The book explores family dynamics, resiliency, and Max's struggles with his responsibilities as a good son, brother, and teammate.

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Daphne Greer

Daphne Greer is a Canadian writer whose fiction for younger readers draws on family life, school, sport, and her professional experience supporting people with special needs. Maxed Out, published by Orca Book Publishers in 2012, is a short contemporary novel about twelve-year-old Max.

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