Suitable for young readers and their parents
Max Counts to a Million is told from the point of view of the aforementioned eight-year-old title character, so the way the story is written in the child's voice should be easy to follow for most young readers, who will also be able to relate to the kind of language Max uses and may be drawn in too by both the front cover and the illustrations that accompanies the opening page of a new chapter (both of which wouldn't necessarily look out of place in a Jacqueline Wilson novel).
However, there's something in this for parents and grown-ups too as the story deals with the fact that Max's dad works in a hospital and explores how the child copes in his continuing absence as the pandemic progresses. The opening stages of the novel also sees (for example) mother and father discussing how and what to tell Max about the coronavirus, so there's a husband and wife dynamic to look out for as well as the father and son relationship.
However, there's something in this for parents and grown-ups too as the story deals with the fact that Max's dad works in a hospital and explores how the child copes in his continuing absence as the pandemic progresses. The opening stages of the novel also sees (for example) mother and father discussing how and what to tell Max about the coronavirus, so there's a husband and wife dynamic to look out for as well as the father and son relationship.