PowerlessSuperheroes soar in this promising debut—and they’re kids! Twelve-year-old Daniel, the new kid in town, soon learns the truth about his nice—but odd—new friends: one can fly, another can turn invisible, yet another controls electricity. Incredible. The superkids use their powers to secretly do good in the town, but they’re haunted by the fact that the moment they turn thirteen, their abilities will disappear—along with any memory that they ever had them. Is a memory-stealing supervillain sapping their powers? The answers lie in a long-ago meteor strike, a World War II–era comic book (Fantastic Futures, starring the first superhero, Johnny Noble), the green-flamed Witch Fire, a hidden Shroud cave, and—possibly, unbelievably—“powerless” regular-kid Daniel himself. Superhero kids meet comic book mystery in this action-filled debut about the true meaning of a hero. |
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User Review - KimJD - LibraryThingGrades 4-7 When Daniel moves to the little town of Noble's Green, PA so that his parents can help care for his sick grandmother, he quickly realizes there's something a little odd about the kids he ... Read full review
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User Review - ladycato - LibraryThingMy last read was very disappointing, and I really wanted something fun, fluffy, and fast to read and cheer things up. I studied my to-read pile, saw a lot of serious stuff, and decided to go with a a ... Read full review
Contents
Section 1 | 19 |
Section 2 | 30 |
Section 3 | 37 |
Section 4 | 44 |
Section 5 | 60 |
Section 6 | 70 |
Section 7 | 78 |
Section 8 | 91 |
Section 14 | 165 |
Section 15 | 176 |
Section 16 | 189 |
Section 17 | 196 |
Section 18 | 204 |
Section 19 | 216 |
Section 20 | 223 |
Section 21 | 231 |
Section 9 | 109 |
Section 10 | 118 |
Section 11 | 137 |
Section 12 | 146 |
Section 13 | 162 |
Section 22 | 250 |
Section 23 | 262 |
Section 24 | 268 |
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