Book Information
- Series: The Secret Games of Maximus Todd
- Imprint: Formac Publishing Company Limited
- Publication Date: 15 August 2016
- Expected Ship Date: 15 August 2016
- Copyright Year: 2016
- ISBN: 9781459504271
- Replaced By: Big Game Jitters
- Page Count: 96
- Dimensions: 5" x 7.5"
- Interest ages: 5-8
- Reading level: Grade 2
Purchasing Information
Hardcover
9781459504400
$14.95 CAD
Cancelled
Paperback
9781459504271
$6.95 CAD
Cancelled
Big Game Jitters
by L.M. Nicodemo
illustrated by Graham Ross
The Super Fidgets leave Max jumping up and down during the championship soccer game against the school bully's team.
Meet Maximus Todd! He's the kid who can't sit still! It's the soccer championship and Max's team is playing the school bully's team. Of course, as soon as the match starts, Max gets a case of the Super Fidgets. If Max can't invent a secret game to calm them, it might cost his team the championship.
Max finds that while it's not always easy being a kid -- especially if you're a bit different -- there is often humour, kindness and love in the most unexpected places.
About the Authors

Graham Ross
L. M. NICODEMO is a school teacher who hopes that this series will mark the beginning of a long and joyful career in writing. She lives with her family in southwestern Ontario
GRAHAM ROSS is an illustrator and designer who has illustrated many books for a wide range of Canadian childrens book publishers. He lives in a log home in the woods with his family just outside of Merrickville, Ontario.
Reviews
"The target audience will surely have no trouble relating to the storylines. The blend of fun graphics by Graham Ross, with varying sizes and designs of text in the quickly paced 96 pages, will be appealing to both beginning and reluctant readers.
The series is written by a teacher who clearly has insight into the mind of a child who feels the type of anxiety that Max does, presumably because she has encountered some throughout her career. While it may be rare to have a child as young as Max display the self-awareness and strength of will that he does, perhaps these books will serve as inspiration to children facing the same difficulties with their own Super Fidgets.
The four books were published concurrently for Formac's First Novels Series, in a format that should prove to be attractive to young readers.
Rated good, even great at times, generally useful!"
Resource Links
Awards
Best Books for Kids & Teens -- Canadian Children's Book Centre
2017
Subjects (BISAC)
JUVENILE FICTION / Disabilities & Special Needs, JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Readers / Beginner
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