Powerless

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 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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Yearling Books
Published: 04/05/2011
ISBN: 9780375844898
Pages: 279
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.63h x 5.25w x 0.75d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 134381 / Powerless
Reading Level: 5.2 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 10