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Author
Series
Sunbearer duology volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Formats
Description
Transgender demigod Teo is unexpectedly selected for the Sunbearer Trials, a fierce competition among demigod heroes where the winner sacrifices the loser to Sol, their blood fueling the Sun Stones that protect Reino del Sol.
5) Max
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
[24] p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Description
Max, the young son of superheroes, is a late bloomer when it comes to flying, until he is inspired by the plight of a falling baby bird.
Author
Series
Ricky Ricotta volume 1
Formats
Description
Ricky Ricotta, a small mouse, is being bullied at school, but when he rescues a powerful robot from its evil creator, he acquires a friend and protector--and saves the city from Dr. Stinky.
9) Sumo Mouse
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Description
When an evil toy store owner brings crime to the city of Tokyo, only a mysterious, and large, hero is able to defeat the villain.
10) Crap kingdom
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
360 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Tenth-grader Tom Parking's dream of being swept away to a fantasy land where he becomes a hero nearly comes true when he finds himself the Chosen One of a nameless world, the most annoying, least "cool" place in the universe.
11) Nimona
Author
Series
Nimona volume 1
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
266 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Description
Lord Blackheart, a villain with a vendetta, and his sidekick, Nimona, an impulsive young shapeshifter, must prove to the kingdom that Sir Goldenloin and the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics aren't the heroes everyone thinks they are.
12) Dawnbreaker
Author
Series
Salvation cycle volume 2
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
The wall of magic separating human and demonic planes has been destroyed, so Nightrender, immortal warrior of the gods, must find a way to rebuild it--and Hanne who let the demon king, Daghath Mal, into her mind long ago may be the only one who can help.
13) Bad baby
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
Superhero Jack finds his life turned upside down by the arrival of a very big, and very naughty, baby sister.
14) Hero mom
Author
Publisher
Amazon Children's Pub
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
A child demonstrates that while Mom differs from a traditional superhero, as an American soldier, she is a hero of a different kind.
15) Violet the pilot
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Description
Young Violet's only friend is her dog, Orville, until one of her homemade flying machines takes her to the rescue of a Boy Scout troop in trouble.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
177 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"A young man, injured and home from the war, is lauded as a hero. But he doesn't feel very heroic in the face of all that he witnessed"--
Hailed as a hero, twenty-year-old Jake returns to his pro-military hometown and family injured physically and emotionally, unsure if he can return to active duty but uncomfortable with the alternative.
17) Terror in tights
Author
Series
Formats
Description
When Los Angeles superhero Melvin Beederman starts receiving mysterious, threatening emails, he and Candace, his partner in uncrime, must figure out who is out to get him and then do something about it.
Author
Series
Jed and the junkyard wars volume 1
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
298 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Jed must travel to a strange world--where junk is gold and menacing pirate automatons rule the skies--to save his parents.
Author
Series
Formats
Description
Plagued by the voices of Avatars before her for as long as she can remember, Yangchen travels to Bin-Er in the Earth Kingdom where she partners with an informant named Kavik and soon learns to rely on her own wisdom and continue her journey from uncertainyoung woman to revered leader.
Author
Series
Final Architecture trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2023.
Formats
Description
Idris Telemmier has uncovered a secret that changes everything: the Architects' greatest weakness. A shadowy Cartel scrambles to turn his discovery into a weapon against these alien destroyers of worlds. But between them and victory stands self-interest. The galaxy's great powers would rather persue their own agendas than stand together against this shared terror.
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