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  • Stranger Things: Runaway Max

  • By: Brenna Yovanoff
  • Narrated by: Sophie Amoss
  • Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (227 ratings)

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Stranger Things: Runaway Max

By: Brenna Yovanoff
Narrated by: Sophie Amoss
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Publisher's summary

Don't miss this gripping, emotional prequel to the hit Netflix series Stranger Things! The never-before-told backstory of the beloved Dig Dug maven, Max Mayfield, written by New York Times best-selling author Brenna Yovanoff.

This must-listen novel, based on the hit Netflix series, Stranger Things, explores Max's past - the good and the bad - as well as how she came to find her newfound sense of home in Hawkins, Indiana.

©2019 Brenna Yovanoff (P)2019 Listening Library
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Another great prequel for Stranger Things.

Great POV from Max, about, well, everything. Sophia, if I got the narrator's name right, does a perfect job at performing.

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ugh 😩 beautiful

I. am. in. AWE. I fell in love with this book the moment I learned about it, I think this is classified as my new favorite book, Thank you Brenna, Thank you Sophie, and thanks Audible, for changing my life

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Good to know

I enjoyed how you learned season two from Max’s perspective and I liked how it added flashbacks.

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backstory

It was a nice little backstory on max and the story from her point of view

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I loved it

Best ever

it was so good
it also had moments from stranger things.
I also loved the narroraters performance

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BEST STORY EVER!!!!!!!!!!!😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

It was so good I loved this book because stranger things is my favorite show and I listen to audiobooks every night and when saw this book I am obsessed with it i lisen to it every night tonight I am having a sleepover and Asher also liked it.I told all my friends about it and they also loved it ❤️ thank you for making it.

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Best of the Stranger Things Books as of 2022

if you're looking for more of Stranger Things after finishing the show, this book delivers. While some of other novels were fun (Darkness at the Edge of Town, Rebel Robin, Hawkins Horrors), this is the only book so far that retains the "kids fighting monsters" aspect and feels like the show. The book combines a retelling of season two from Max's perspective with events from her life before Hawkins. While you're not going to get any surprising revelations, you learn more about Max's homelife and her dad and it's interesting to see how she thinks of the main party (especially Lucas) as they slowly bring Max into their group. I wish Netflix would put out a similar POV book for each season; like Steve for season one, Robin for season three, and Eddie for season four!

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wow

loved it
favorite part was probably the parts they touched on that were in the movie but not like the meeting of Joyce and max before the school incident

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this fills in some blanks

It helps understand Max and Billy more. mostly Max. I really enjoyed it too. worth a listen if you're a fan of the series.

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Half backstory / half tv show

It’s cool to hear max’s perspective but only about 50% is actual backstory and the rest is her perspective on the same events we already saw throughout season 2.

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