***INCLUDES A NEW MAX SHORT STORY AND ACTIVITY! A NEW YORK TIMES bestseller * from the creator of Big Nate, now an Emmy-nominated animated TV show on Paramount+ and Nickelodeon.

***INCLUDES A NEW MAX SHORT STORY AND ACTIVITY! A NEW YORK TIMES bestseller * from the creator of Big Nate, now an Emmy-nominated animated TV show on Paramount+ and Nickelodeon.

No one expected Max to be a knight, but when Uncle Budrick is captured, someone has to save the day! Join the hilarious band of misfit adventurers in book 1 of the Max and the Midknights trilogy.**

"Max is epic fun!" --JEFF KINNEY, New York Times *bestselling author of the DIARY OF A WIMPY KID series*Max wants to be a knight! Too bad that dream is about as likely as finding a friendly dragon. But when Max's uncle Budrick is kidnapped by the cruel King Gastley, Max has to act...and fast! Joined by a band of brave adventurers--the Midknights--Max sets out on a thrilling quest: to save Uncle Budrick and restore the realm of Byjovia to its former high spirits!

Magic and (mis)adventures abound in this hilarious illustrated novel from the* New York Times *bestselling creator of the Big Nate series, Lincoln Peirce."Fantastic! I loved it!" --DAV PILKEY, New York Times bestselling author of the DOG MAN series