And their mom is always pointing out lessons from Filipino folklore -- annoying tales they've heard again and again

she's forbidden from leaving home or using her magic―but one night

But thanks to Zed’s fearless enthusiasm and Gabe’s encyclopedic knowledge of theatre

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and the fierce girl that joins them on the way

Max in the Land of Lies Acamy Schleikorn And their mom is alwaysMax Bretzfeld's dangerous mission begins when he returns home to Berlin as a British spy in the much anticipated second book in Adam Gidwitz's duology that began with Max in the House of Spies. Max was on a mission. Well, two missions. One mission his British spymasters knew about: infiltrating the Funkhaus, the center of Nazi radio and propaganda. The other, they did not: finding his parents. Max Bretzfeld was willing to do anything to return to