The Books

The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day

by Christopher Edge

ISBN: 9781788000291

It's Maisie's birthday and she can't wait to open her presents. She's hoping for the things she needs to build her own nuclear reactor. But she wakes to an empty house and outside the front door is nothing but a terrifying, all-consuming blackness. Trapped in an ever-shifting reality, Maisie knows that she will have to use the laws of the universe and the love of her family to survive. And even that might not be enough.

Reviews

Jake - Outwood Academy Kirkby - 2019

This book is all about a young girl, Maisie Day, who wakes up on her 10th birthday in an empty parallel universe. This book has thrills, has ups and downs and has sadness at the other end of the corner.

Grace - Outwood Academy Kirkby - 2019

I really enjoyed this book! It was sort of confusing at the beginning but its gets clearer as you get towards the end! I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read short books or has an interest in science! It was one of the best books I've read this year! I really didn't expect the book to end like that!

Jaia - Nottingham Girls High School - 2019

I enjoyed this book as it shows real struggles of academically gifted children and what they are feeling. It also gives real facts such as what a Mobius strip is and so on. But at one point, it got slightly confusing as to what was happening. I still really enjoyed it though!

Elyssa - Nottingham Girls High School - 2019

I enjoyed the book because of the fact that Maisy's life was split in to two lives at the start. The book was very gripping as well and was quite hard to put down! I think it will compete against the other books well.

Saanvi - Nottingham Girls High School - 2019

This book was very enjoyable as she was in alternate dimensions in alternate chapters. However, some parts were slightly confusing. The book had actual real scientific information which surprised me such as Möbius strip, black hole and infinity. It was quite short and I wished it was tiny bit longer. As I would have enjoyed the plot line more, if it was more developed and longer.

Nitya - Nottingham Girls High School - 2019

I thought that The Infinite Lives of Maisy Day was a fantastic book, because it left quite a prominent message about a lot of subjects such as peer pressure, jealousy and being left out. I really liked how metaphors were used, like the never-ending staircase.

Gemma - Nottingham Girls High School - 2019

I love this book. I love how the author made one chapter without Maisy’s parents there and there was total blackness outside. The next chapter then has her parents there. At the end I like how the two stories are brought together for the ending. I would recommend this book to others.

Tyler - Outwood Academy Kirkby - 2019

In most books you can usually tell what the ending is going to be. However in this book I had no clue what the ending was going to be, and I think that is the best part of this book. The author used a really good technique that made it so exiting throughout the whole book, always making me wonder about how science and the universe works. This is my second favourite book of all time now.

Lottie - Nottingham Girls High School - 2019

This story was really good after the second read. At first it is very confusing and I did not understand it

Kyle - Outwood Academy Kirkby - 2019

A very confusing book at times but the ending makes everything make sense. There is a unique use of foreshadowing whilst making you think am she is in a simulation.

Bradley - Outwood Academy Kirkby - 2019

Very interesting and emotional! Maisie is in a simulation and it switches perspective. l I really enjoyed reading this book!