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My Brother Is A Superhero

David Solomons · 326 pages

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Geeks, Girls and Secret Identities

Mike Jung

Twelve-year-old Vincent and his fellow members of the Captain Stupendous Fan Club help out when someone new becomes Earth's most famous superhero, without knowing anything about him, just as evil Professor Mayhem and his robot arrive in Copperplate City.

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School for Sidekicks

Kelly McCullough · 332 pages

"Superhero geek Evan survives a supervillian's death ray, and is sent to the Academy for Metahuman Operatives. Unfortunately, instead of fighting bad guys, Evan finds himself blacklisted, and on the wrong side of the school's director. Can he convince his semi-retired has-been mentor to become a real hero once again?"--

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Powerless

Matthew Cody · 288 pages

Superheroes 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 w

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The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World

Shannon Hale, Dean Hale · 336 pages

After Doreen, uses her extraordinary powers to stop a group of troublemakers she becomes a full-fledged superhero called Squirrel Girl.

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The Vindico

Wesley King

When supervillains of the Vindico realize they are getting too old to fight the League of Heroes, they kidnap and begin training five teens, but James, Lana, Hayden, Emily, and Sam will not become the next generation of evil without a fight.

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Minion

John David Anderson · 278 pages

Michael Morn is a supervillain-in-training and the adoptive son of the brilliant criminal mastermind whose sense of right and wrong is thrown into question when a new superhero arrives in town.

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Joshua Dread

Lee Bacon · 272 pages

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Villains Rising

Jeramey Kraatz · 311 pages

"After leaving the Cloak Society and teaming up with the Junior Rangers of Justice, Alex Knight must learn to work with the superheroes who were once his sworn enemies"-- After leaving the Cloak Society and teaming up with the Junior Rangers of Justice, Alex Knight must learn to work with the superheroes who were once his sworn enemies. Book #2

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Kenny Wright: Superhero

James Patterson, Chris Tebbets · 285 pages

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Hero

Perry Moore · 432 pages

Funny, exciting novel about a teenage boy growing up with two secrets: one, that he has superpowers - two, that he's gay. And he gets to save the world... Even though Thom Creed's a basketball star, his high school classmates keep their distance. They've picked up on something different about Thom. Plus, his father, Hal Creed, was one of the greatest and most beloved superheroes of his time until

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The Accidental Hero

Matt Myklusch · 496 pages

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Battling Boy

Paul Pope · 199 pages

A twelve-year-old demigod is sent to help the people of Arcopolis, a city infested with monsters. A demigod is sent to Earth to save the city of Acropolis from an infestation of monsters. He is just a boy on his own until he gets help from an unlikely source. Some of the drawings can be considered suggestive.

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Almost Super

Marion Jensen · 261 pages

"Two brothers in a family of superheroes are forced to reexamine everything they knew about being super when the powers they receive are total duds and their enemy is revealed to be just like they are"-- Two brothers in a family of superheroes are forced to reexamine everything they know about being super when the powers they receive are total duds and their enemy is revealed to be just like they

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Ultimate Spider-Man, Volume 3: Double Trouble

Brian Michael Bendis · 176 pages

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Hero

Mike Lupica

Fourteen-year-old Billy learns he has the same special abilities as his father, who was the President's globe-trotting troubleshooter until "the Bads" killed him, and now Billy must decide whether to use his powers in the same way at the risk of his own life.

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The Ables

Jeremy Scott · 368 pages

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Rise Of The Heroes

Andy Briggs · 192 pages

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Alcatraz

Brandon Sanderson

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Hidden Talents

David Lubar · 224 pages

Martin Anderson and his friends don’t like being called losers. But they’ve been called that for so long even they start to believe it. Until Martin makes an incredible discovery: each of his friends has a special hidden talent. Edgeview Alternative School was supposed to be end of the road. But for Martin and his friends, it just might be a new beginning.

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It's Kind of a Funny Story

Ned Vizzini · 444 pages

A humorous account of a New York City teenager's battle with depression and his time spent in a psychiatric hospital.

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Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil

Jeff Smith · 206 pages

When a young orphan Billy Batson finds himself transformed into the World's Mightiest Mortal whenever he says the magic word "Shazam!," he must use his extraordinary abilities to face an invasion of alien creatures and stop mad scientist Dr. Sivana and his Monster Society of Evil from taking over the world.

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Cassidy Jones and the Secret Formula

Elise Stokes · 282 pages

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