Villainous

Informationen zum Autor Matthew Cody is the author of several popular books, including the Supers of Noble’s Green trilogy: Powerless , Super , and Villainous . He is also the author of Will in Scarlet and The Dead Gentleman . Originally from the Midwest, he now lives with his wife and son in Manhattan. You can visit him on the Web at matthewcody.com. Klappentext "A fantastic story, thrillingly told. This book has a superpower-you can't put it down." -Jonathan Stroud, author of the bestselling Bartimaeus Trilogy The truth about the Super children-who have real powers like flight and super strength-is finally exposed, and the town of Noble's Green has created a special boarding school for its superpowered children. That's where all Daniel's friends are headed, while he-regular kid that he is-is headed to summer school. But all is not well at the Academy for the Extraordinarily Gifted. A clique of popular kids (led by a pair of sinister twins) has taken over the school, and once again, it's powerless Daniel who may be able to stop them. To do so, he will have to turn to his sworn enemy, the Shroud, for help. Leseprobe Chapter One Summer School “Hey, kid! What can you do?” Daniel took his time chaining up his bike before glancing over his shoulder. He’d been hoping that if he pretended not to hear them, they’d go away, but no such luck. A tour group headed by a man in a cheap plastic cape had crossed the street and were now standing in a semicircle around him. Their camera phones were already clicking as they snapped pictures. They didn’t even ask if it was okay. “What do you mean, What can you do??” said Daniel, although he knew full well what they meant. “Do you do anything?” said a round woman who elbowed her way to the front of the group. Her arms wiggled as she moved. “Anything special?” Daniel considered what to say next. The morning was muggy already, and the sun burned hot and white in a pale sky. The heat and these tourists only worsened his mood, which was crappy to begin with. Even now, the fat woman looked flushed and sweaty from the heat, or maybe she was about to pass out from the possibility that he could be one of them. This was, after all, the town now famous for being home to super-kids. He could play with these tourists. He could say he had the power to erase the memory cards on their phones with a wave of his hand, or that he could read minds, and did they know that one of them was secretly in love with another member of their group? Those had worked in the past. But the best was always when he told them his power was a radioactive field that he called his death zone. It wasn’t dangerous as long as you didn’t look directly at him and wrapped yourself in tinfoil. But it was too hot to mess with tourists today. “I don’t do anything special,” he said. “I’m just a kid.” He could feel their disappointment as, one by one, they turned their backs on him. Then they continued walking down the street, busily deleting the pictures they’d snapped of Daniel before they’d learned that he was nobody important. Maybe they’d wander into Arnold Lebowski on his paper route, the boy who could turn himself into a human-shaped cloud. If he tried really hard, he could squeeze out a few raindrops for onlookers. Daniel finished chaining up his bike and made for the opposite side of the street. He was a few minutes early today and decided to treat himself to something special. Lemon’s Ice Cream Parlor and Doughnut Shop had been a fixture of downtown Noble’s Green for nearly sixty years. It was a true family business that had weathered economic depressions, recent recessions, and globalization unchanged. But it had not weathered superhero mania. As Daniel opened the door of the re-christened Happy Hero’s Ice Cream Parlor--Home to the Superpowered Root Beer Float--he was glad to hear the familiar chime of the old do...

About the author

Matthew Cody is the author of several popular books, including the Supers of Noble’s Green trilogy: Powerless, Super, and Villainous. He is also the author of Will in Scarlet and The Dead Gentleman. Originally from the Midwest, he now lives with his wife and son in Manhattan. You can visit him on the Web at matthewcody.com.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Cody
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9780385754927
• ISBN: 978-0-385-75492-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 194 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Supers of Noble's Green; Supers of Noble's Green
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire