The Day I Was Erased: the entertaining, touch-of-magic mystery from the bestselling author of The Goldfish Boy

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I’m in awe of Lisa Thompson’s ability to write so sensitively and brilliantly from a young boy’s perspective. In this book, Maxwell is different to his predecessors (who were more shy and vulnerable – on the surface) but we soon discover that Maxwell’s terrible choices and behaviour mask a boy who is really hurting inside. Struggling to cope in a family situation that is tense, he acts out at school, pushing even his closest friends away. I couldn’t help but cringe when Maxwell does the unthinkable (I won’t give any spoilers!) and wanted to shout ‘Why?’ at him. This is Lisa’s talent – it’s hard not to get emotionally involved in her stories and with her characters. Thank you! I loved writing the scene just after Maxwell is unknowingly ‘erased’. He heads home and notices the subtle changes around him – the headless, plastic flamingo that he broke in a neighbour’s garden now has a head, the front gate he broke five years ago is now fixed… It was so rewarding to gently create this strange, changed world around him. The story is a good one. And it play on the thoughts that many people, young and old feel sometimes when they made mistakes. The astonishing, beautiful new story for all readers of 10 and over from the bestselling and Costa-shortlisted author of TIME TRAVELLING WITH A HAMSTER. But I really enjoyed the ending most. We all found it was a much better ending than any other ending in Lisa Thompson's books. I was thrilled with it. It wasn't the happiest ending, but it was satisfying.😢

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Ik ergerde me er bij dit verhaal vanaf het begin aan dat ik als lezer blijkbaar de hoofdpersoon een irritante jongen moet vinden. Ik lachte me juist suf om zijn gedrag toen hij per abuis de flamingo van de buurvrouw onthoofdde - en er is zoveel reden om te begrijpen waarom hij zich chronisch unheimisch voelt. The story also focuses on imbibing values such as empathy, courage and perseverance among children. It is also commendable how the author has handled the delicate concept of separation among parents. It was neither glorified nor shown in a bad light. While It’s a Wonderful Life is never mentioned in the book (not that I recall, anyway), this book has a lot of parallels… Except it’s the teen edition! And it’s set in the UK. (Bonus for me, since it’s one of my favourite movies!) I love how it slowly dawns on Maxwell how important he is to those around him. Some of the scenes involving Reg and his memory loss were quite upsetting to read. Were they difficult to write?

Quello che accade a Max è di facile immedesimazione in modo da indurre inevitabilmente il lettore ad un pensiero più profondo. Lisa Thompson is the author of the children’s books, The Goldfish Boy and The Light Jar. Here she talks about her new book, The Day I was Erased. You can find out more about Lisa here! This simple concept introduces children to the concept of the butterfly effect and is a perfect vehicle for exploring the positive impact that even the naughtiest of boys has had on the people in his life. Maxwell discovers that he has worth, he has value and that the people in his life really do need him - a fantastic thing for readers to realise about themselves, especially at moments when they are feeling underappreciated.

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Max è disperato e va subito da Reg a sfogarsi, non è possibile che dopo tutto ciò che ha fatto per la scuola gli venga impedito di prendere parte al ballo del Centenario. Ora vi starete chiedendo chi sia Reg e cosa abbia fatto Max per la scuola. Reg è un vicino di casa di Max che ha problemi di memoria, Max trascorre spesso del tempo con lui e ogni volta deve spiegargli chi è per farsi riconoscere, Reg è anche il protagonista del quadro disegnato da Max che ha fatto vincere un cospicuo assegno alla scuola per effettuare lavori di ristrutturazione, quadro che Reg ha in casa sua. Liked it. Some things seemed a bit trite or rather, unworked or not thought through completely. I liked it though. Liked the dawning realisation that things for Maxwell have changed and that he no longer exists for any of the people in his life…most especially, Monster, his fat rescue beagle… The story explores some important themes for children in the age group of 9-12 years. It emphasizes on relationships between children and their parents, among siblings and friends. The story will certainly help in opening conversations with children about bullying and the ways to handle it. It will help the children to understand that they are important to the people around them. The story really gets going when our main man Maxwell outdoes himself by ruining a huge school event which is being televised. With nowhere else to turn he heads to Reg's house where he wishes he'd never been born. Maxwell's wish comes true... in a way: he's still alive and so are all the people in his life, but none of them know him and their lives are very different.I thoroughly enjoyed this book about Maxwell, a boy who is a consistent troublemaker and seeks to make others miserable. His only real friends are Charlie, the geeky boy who is too afraid of Max to stay away, and an elderly man named Reg who Maxwell confides in as a third paternal figure. With family troubles at home, a looming divorce and friendship issues, Maxwell feels misunderstood and starts to wish that he was never born. Basic plot: Maxwell has a habit of getting in trouble… for everything. And when he makes a wish that he no longer existed, poof! his wish comes true. Now, nobody knows who he is. Not his father or mother. Not his sister or best friend. And suddenly, he realizes that, if he never existed, then his beloved dog wouldn’t exist either… because it was Maxwell who had saved the dog from certain death. Now, all Maxwell wants is to exist again, and he’s on a mission to figure out how to make that happen.

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It’s an interesting concept to look at how life might be if you never existed and the experience helps Maxwell see that, as well as his naughty side, he has good qualities that do make a difference to people’s lives. He realises that, without him, some of those he knows would have less rich, happy lives. He can do good things, and often does, when he’s not acting self-destructively, such as providing his elderly, forgetful neighbour with much-appreciated company and saving Monster, who was injured and abandoned when Maxwell first found him. Our Reading Den is a place for you and your child to discover and share books, find new authors and explore stories. Here is a library of books created by a community of parents and children where you can browse books that others have enjoyed and recommended. But even though I'm an adult i still loved every second of it! The characters, the plot and the messages interwinded throughout.

One day, while looking through Reg’s mysterious cabinet of curiosities, Maxwell finds himself erased from his life: it’s as if he’d never been born. At first, being able to walk around without being yelled at is great, but Maxwell starts to miss his old life, and, if he’d never existed, then he wouldn’t have swooped Monster out of the path of that car… As he walks out of Reg’s house, Maxwell discovers that he has been deleted from his own life. Nobody recognises him. Everyone he passes – even his parents, neighbours and classmates – treat him as if he were a stranger. It's important to build narratives around topics that are difficult to talk about openly with children. And stories can be a great medium to handle them if done correctly.

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Maxwell adores his dog Monster and annoys his sister Bex and elderly next door neighbor. While his parents always argue and label their food to show how they are separate from each other one thing they can agree on is when Maxwell has been bad. A few of Maxwell’s antics at the beginning initially made me not like him very much. I usually don’t mind antics, but especially the one with lights just seemed a little too premeditated to me.Maxwell è il classico ragazzino sveglio, scaltro ma che non riesce proprio a stare lontano dai guai e soprattutto a non combinarne di nuovi, è più forte di lui e di qualsiasi altra cosa. But then, he regret his decision. The world is not really better without him. He was important, even if it is very localized and in a small way. He is still important. And he missed his dog.