School for Sidekicks : The Academy of Metahuman Operatives (Hardcover)

from LibStaff2

A fun superhero book that is great for the middle grades and younger YA readers. Think Sky High meets the Incredibles with a bit of Will Smith's Hancock thrown in too. There are some pretty cool gadgets and superpowers, but the writing style loses its flow from time to time. The novel includes a ...

from acargile

This is a novel about superheroes, so I'll put it in the paranormal genre. Evan Quick has always wanted to be a Mask, a person with special abilities. A bomb went off many years ago that gave some people powers. The most famous is Captain Commanding, whom Evan almost worships. He attends his amus...

from ladycato

What a fun book with a fresh-yet-familiar approach to superheroes! McCullough's book straddles the line between middle grade and young adult, and is one to be thoroughly enjoyed by adults (like me) as well. Evan is a kid totally obsessed with superhero fandom, but when his own powers emerge, he q...

from cissa

This book is a lot of fun! Even for someone like me who is in general indifferent to superhero tropes. In many ways it reminds me of the Harry Potter books, but in a superhero rather than magic-based world. It's YA, with a 13-year-old protagonist, but adult readers ought not to be put off! Evan i...

from cissa

This book is a lot of fun! Even for someone like me who is in general indifferent to superhero tropes. In many ways it reminds me of the Harry Potter books, but in a superhero rather than magic-based world. It's YA, with a 13-year-old protagonist, but adult readers ought not to be put off! Evan i...