Reading All Stars: Mad Mike tells how a young motor sports fan from Auckland, New Zealand became one of the most famous professional drifters in the world! Mad Mike is a Reading All Stars book. Reading All Stars books are written for people who need support with reading, whatever their age. The text is written in short bites, in simple language and with lots of visual support. Award winning writer and teacher David Riley wrote Mad Mike to inspire Kiwis to race for the stars!