Quick-witted, prankster
and graffiti artist Maxwell Connors
is more observant than the average New Middleton teenager. And he
doesn’t like what he sees. The town’s children are becoming frighteningly
obedient, and their parents and teachers couldn’t be happier. As Max and
his friend Dallas watch their classmates transform into model citizens,
Max wonders if their only hope of freedom lies in the unknown world
beyond New Middleton’s walls, where creativity might be a gift instead
of a liability.
catherine austen
worked in the national conservation movement
before becoming a freelance writer. She writes children’s books, corporate
reports, and short fiction for all ages, working from her home in Gatineau,
Quebec. Her books have won the Canadian Library Association Young
Adult Book Award, the Sunburst Award, the Quebec Writers Federation
Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, and the Hackmatack
Children’s Choice Award. Her Middle Reader title with Orca,
Walking
Backward
, was a
ccbc
Best Books starred selection, and an
ola
Best Bet.
CREATIVITY IS A CRIME MAX COMMITS EVERY DAY
This is an advance reading copy of the uncorrected proofs
and is not for sale. Changes may be made to the text before
publication, so all quotations for review must be checked
against the final bound book.
ya fiction
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ages 12+
Publication September 27, 2016
9781459813878 pb $14.95
9781554698264 epub
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9781554698257 pdf
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