Max and the Millions, Paperback/Ross Montgomery

Costa Book Award shortlisted author Ross Montgomery returns with this standalone middle-grade adventure. Max is accustomed to his own company at boarding school, struggling to make friends due to his deafness and preferring to work on his detailed miniature models anyway. This peace is disrupted when the school caretaker (a fellow modeller) goes missing, and Max finds in his room a bustling civilisation of tiny models come to life.