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A fantastic story, thrillingly told. This book has a superpoweryou cant put it down. Jonathan Stroud, author of the bestselling Bartimaeus Trilogy The truth about the secret abilities that the Super children have is finally exposed, and the town of Nobles Green has created a special boarding school for its superpowered children. Thats where all Daniels friends are headed, while heregular kid that he isis 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, its 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.From the Hardcover edition.,
About the Author
I was born and raised just outside of St. Louis, Missouri. I was the baby of the family and when I wasn't dodging the tortures of three older siblings, I was making up stories to try and entertain whoever else would listen to me.
After graduating high school a solidly average student, I studied theater and creative writing in college and went on to get a graduate degree where I focused on Shakespeare. I came to New York in 1999 and for several years worked in theaters there and around the country. When I wasn't working on plays, I tried my hand at short stories and even a few comic book scripts.
I began teaching English in 2004 and started work on my first novel, Powerless, around the same time. As a life-long fan of comic books and pulp stories, those influences began to pop up in my work more and more.
To this day I can be found in my local comic book shop every Wednesday (that's the day the new comics come out, for those of you not in-the-know!) and the bookshelves in our house are stuffed with the works of old-time adventure writers like Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber and Clarke Ashton Smith. If you haven't already, I recommend you head over to the library and check them out. It's great stuff!
My wife Alisha and I are still here in New York, with our young son Willem. I'm currently hard at work on my next novel for Knopf, which is has yet to get a title (but for a hint as to what it's about, just take another peek at that list of writers in the above paragraph!) Most days I divide my time between writing and teaching and being a generally nice family man.
If you see me in the comic shop, say hi.
