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Walker Childrens
On sale:
May 2009
Price:
$7.99
Format:
Paperback
Size:
5.0625 x 7.75 in
Pages:
272 pp
Ages:
10-14
Grades:
5-8
ISBN-13: 9780802795038
ISBN-10: 080279503X
Rise of the Heroes
By Andy Briggs
Book Description
If you could download superpowers to fight for good or evil, would you be a HERO or a VILLAIN?
Toby, Pete, Lorna, and Emily are just average kids-until they stumble upon a Web site that turns them into real heroes. Hero.com allows them to download flying, invisibility, or teleportation abilities, and suddenly, Toby's rivalry with his sister, Lorna, and Pete's trouble with Jake Hunter, the school bully, don't seem so bad! But when the supervillain Doc Tempest kidnaps Toby's and Lorna's mom, will they be able to combine their powers to fight evil and bring their mother home? Of course, little do they know that Villain.net is out there too, recruiting teens for the other side. . . .
"With its nonstop adventures and of-the-moment techy concept, it will appeal to science-fiction fans.”–School Library Journal
“Tweens and younger teens who have wished for super powers will be drawn to this interesting concept, and there will be plenty of action to keep them reading.”— Booklist
“There aren’t many words that can describe it, but two come to mind: Awesome. Suspenseful. Makes you want to gnaw on a chair in excitement. If I could rate this book on a scale of one to ten, I think I’d give it an 8,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.” – Sarah, 11 years old, on ‘Good Reads with Ronna’
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