33 Minutes

By Todd Hasak-Lowy, Bethany Barton (Illustrator)

Part of the MAX series

A friendship faces a countdown to conflict. Will it survive?

3.6/5 Goodreads · 852 ratings

224 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Sam Lewis has thirty-three minutes before his former best friend, Morgan, plans to confront him. Once inseparable, they were the ultimate Alien Wars team. Now, Sam must navigate the final moments of class and lunch, questioning how their bond unraveled. As the clock ticks, will Morgan follow through on his threat, or is there hope for reconciliation? Discover the humor and heartache of friendships tested in '33 Minutes.'

From the publisher

Will Sam’s best friend turn out to be a bully? He’s about to find out in this “strong and refreshingly straightforward” (School Library Journal) MAX novel. Sam Lewis is going to get his butt kicked in exactly thirty-three minutes. He knows this because yesterday his former best friend Morgan Sturtz told him, to his face and with three witnesses nearby, “I am totally going to kick your butt tomorrow at recess.” All that’s standing between Sam and this unfortunate butt-kicking is the last few minutes of social studies and his lunch period. But how did Sam and Morgan end up here? How did this happen just a few months after TAMADE (The Absolutely Most Amazing Day Ever), when they became the greatest Alien Wars video game team in the history of great Alien Wars teams? And once the clock ticks down, will Morgan actually act on his threat? Told with equal parts laugh-out-loud humor and achingly real emotional truth, 33 Minutes shows how even the best of friendships can change forever.

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