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'When Max accidentally leaves the bath running upstairs, nothing could prepare him for the chaos that follows. To make matters worse, he and his family have left the house for the morning and won't be back for several hours.

'It's not until a half-time break at Max’s footy game that he remembers the tap is still running at home. With his parents now at his sister’s netball grand-final, Max has no choice but to take some random kid's bike from the footy ground, so he can ride home and hopefully bucket out the water before his parents find out.

However, as you’ll soon come to expect from Max, there are always a few disasters along the way.

'Will Max make it home in time to save his house from flooding, or will he find himself in serious trouble?' (Publication summary)