Summary
X-Men meets The Breakfast Club in this darkly humorous adventure
The Vindico are a group of supervillains who have been fighting the League of Heroes for as long as anyone can remember. Realizing they’re not as young as they used to be, they devise a plan to kidnap a group of teenagers to take over for them when they retire—after all, how hard can it be to teach a bunch of angsty teens to be evil?
Held captive in a remote mansion, five teens train with their mentors and receiv…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780142426562 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0142426563 |
| Author: | Wesley King |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 13 June 2013 |
| Weight: | 283g |
| Dimensions: | 208mm x 140mm x 20mm |
| Audience Age: | 12 |
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Critics Review
“Here’s a debut that will knock…superhero fans on their butts. A fresh twist…kids are going to gobble this up.”–Booklist“King brilliantly combines teenage points of view and emotions with comic book excitement.”— VOYA, starred review
”[King] never loses his knack for humorous–teen-friendly–dialogue.“–The Horn Book
“Where many action/adventure novels sacrifice character development for the sake of quick pacing, this is a nonissue for King: his teens are vivid, funny, and relatable, but their growth never comes at the expense of story or plot development. Add in descriptions of cool weaponry and superpowers, a healthy dose of clever one-liners and snappy dialogue, and plenty of chases and explosions, and you’ve got all the ingredients for a hit series that teens will love. King is definitely an author to watch.”–SLJ
About The Author
Wesley King
Wesley King lives in suburban Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, where he spends most of his time in imagined universes of superpowered children, dying stars, and dystopian fantasy realms. This is his first novel.
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