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The Ables, set in a world of secret superheroes who protect the world unknowingly, follows a Phillip, 12-year-old boy who finds out he has the power of telekinesis and is also blind. He is ecstatic to attend super hero school until he learns he has been placed in a special class for disabled kids with powers. Now, Phillip and his friends -The Ables- must overcome more than villains in order to maximize their powers and identify the growing evil threatening humanity.
The Ables is a fast-paced, captivating debut novel from Jeremy Scott, a bold new voice in fantasy and sci-fi, and already a widely popular storyteller as co-creator and narrator of CinemaSins, a YouTube channel that has amassed more than 8 million subscribers.
About the author
Jeremy Scott is the Narrator behind the incredibly popular CinemaSins channel that is home to the series' "Everything Wrong With..." "Conversations With Myself About Movies," "Movie Recipes" and "What's the Damage." The channel's motto is "No movie is without sin" and it has earned more than 8 million subscribers. He co-created the CinemaSins brand with his partner Chris Atkinson who he met while both worked as managers for a movie theater in 1999. He became a cinephile while in college where he earned a bachelor of arts in speech communications.
Summary
I did have fantastic hearing, mostly by virtue of being blind. But that couldn't actually mean that he's trying to tell me I have super powers, right? Because that would be ridiculous.
It wasn't the "sex talk" he expected. Phillip Sallinger's dad has told him he's a custodian--a guardian--and his genetically inherited power is telekinesis. He'll learn to move objects with his mind. Excited to begin superhero high school until he discovers he's assigned to a "special ed" class for disabled empowered kids, he suddenly feels like an outsider. Bullied, threatened, and betrayed, Phillip struggles, even as he and his friends--calling themselves the Ables--find ways to maximize their powers to overcome their disabilities, and are the first to identify the growing evil threatening humanity. As vital custodians disappear and the custodian leadership is mired in indecision, a mysterious and powerful figure taunts Phillip, and the enemy is poised to strike. But what if the next "one who does all," the multi-gifted custodian predicted to come, is one of the Ables?
