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The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man

Michael Chabon - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

Awesome Man can shoot positronic rays out of his eyeballs, fly as straight asan arrow, and hug mutant Jell-O! Even villains like Professor Von Evil and the Flaming Eyeball are no match for this caped crusader. But Awesome Man also has a secret. . . . Can you guess what it is? The first...
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Even Superheroes Have Bad Days

Shelly Becker - Sterling Children's Books
Format: Print book

When Superheroes don't get their way, when they're sad, when they're mad, when they've had a bad day . . . . . . they COULD super-tantrum, they COULD but they DON'T, because REAL Superheroes just WOULDN'T - they WON'T! All kids have trouble getting a grip...
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Ten Rules of Being a Superhero (Christy Ottaviano Books)

Deb Pilutti - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

In order to be a real superhero, you have to follow some important rules:. Rule #1: A superhero must ALWAYS respond to a call for help.. Rule #2: Saving the day is messy. But everyone understands.. In this handy guide, Captain Magma and his trusty sidekick, Lava Boy, take young readers...
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Be A Star, Wonder Woman!

Michael Dahl - Capstone Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

As a new day dawns, a young girl faces the ultimate challenge: school! Follow along as she demonstrates her greatest superpower (sharing) , overcomes her worst fear (the playground) ,and conquers her archenemy (the spelling test) .With courage, kindness, and other heroic traits of DC Comics'...
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Ladybug Girl

David Soman - Dial Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The first hardcover picture book in the New York Times bestselling Ladybug Girl series, which encourages independence and creative play, and celebrates imagination for every preschool child! When Lulu puts on her ladybug costume, she becomes Ladybug Girl, a superhero who uses her imagination...
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Diary of a Fly

Doreen Cronin - ‎HarperCollins; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover

This is the diary...of a fly. A fly who, when shes not landing on your head or swimming in your soup, is trying to escape her 327 brothers and sisters who are driving her crazy!

Even though shes little -- just like her best friends Worm and Spider -- Fly wants...

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Traction Man Meets Turbo Dog

Mini Grey - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book

THAT SQUARE-JAWED CAN-DO action toy, Traction Man, is back in another hilarious adventure. The little boy, Traction Man, and his brave pet, Scrubbing Brush, are inseparable - until the boy's father throws the "unhygenic" Scrubbing Brush in the trash and replaces it with a "real"...
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Princess Super Kitty

Antoinette Portis - Harper
Format: Print book

Maggie likes being a kitty. But sometimes that's not enough. Sometimes a girl has to be super.One little girl transforms herself over and over in this inventive picture book from the bestselling author and illustrator of Not a Box, Antoinette Portis. Once again, Portis shows us that...
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Night Night, Groot

BRENDAN DEENAN - Marvel Press
Format: Hardcover

It's been a long day for baby Groot and he's ready to be tucked in for bed. Just as his eyes start to close, Rocket Raccoon bursts onto the scene! Groot can't go to sleep yet, there's a whole galaxy that needs to be defended and they must work together to save the day! Then maybe, just...
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Superhero Instruction Manual

Kristy Dempsey - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book

Anyone can be a superhero and this guidebook will show you how! Just follow six easy steps and you'll be saving the world in no time. Join an aspiring hero as he selects a secret identity, chooses a power, and much, much more. But be warned: it isn't easy being super. And sometimes...
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Princess Super Kitty

Antoinette Portis - Harper
Format: Print book

Maggie likes being a kitty. But sometimes that's not enough. Sometimes a girl has to be super.One little girl transforms herself over and over in this inventive picture book from the bestselling author and illustrator of Not a Box, Antoinette Portis. Once again, Portis shows us that...
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Zita the Spacegirl

Ben Hatke - First Second
Format: Paperback

Zita's life took a cosmic left turn in the blink of an eye. When her best friend is abducted by an alien doomsday cult, Zita leaps to the rescue and finds herself a stranger on a strange planet. Humanoid chickens and neurotic robots are shocking enough as new experiences go, but Zita...
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Takio

Michael Avon Oeming - Marvel
Format: Hardcover

When two sisters from a multi-racial adoptive family find themselves with superpowers after a freak accident, they become the first superheroes in the world. The problem is they don't get along. How will they be able to work together to save the world?
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G-Man Volume 1: Learning To Fly

Chris Giarrusso - Image Comics
Format: Comics

When Mikey G unlocks the powers of his family's magic blanket, he is transformed into G-Man, the newest kid superhero on the block! G-Man joins his superhero friends Billy Demon, Tan Man, Suntrooper, and the Spark on their very first superhero adventure. But what are they to do when...
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El Deafo

Cece Bell - Amulet Books
Format: Paperback

A 2015 Newbery Honor Book Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, authorillustrator Cece Bell chronicles...
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Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Vol. 1: BFF (Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, 1)

Amy Reeder - Marvel
Format: Paperback

LUNELLA LAFAYETTE is a preteen super genius who wants to change the world-but learned the hard way that it takes MORE than just big brains. Fearful of the monstrous INHUMAN genes inside her, life is turned upside down when a savage, red-scaled tyrant is teleported from prehistoric past...
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Cleopatra in Space #1: Target Practice

Mike Maihack - GRAPHIX

When a young Cleopatra (yes, THAT Cleopatra) finds a mysterious tablet that zaps her to the far, REALLY far future, she learns of an ancient prophecy that says she is destined to save the galaxy from the tyrannical rule of the evil Xaius Octavian. She enrolls in Yasiro Academy, a high-tech...
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Missile Mouse #1: The Star Crusher

Jake Parker - GRAPHIX; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

A rough, tough space hero-who just happens to be a big-eared mouse-takes on the forces of intergalactic evil in this funny, action-packed graphic novel.Missile Mouse, secret agent for the Galactic Security Agency, is a risk taker and a rule breaker, which is why he's in hot water at GSA headquarters....
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Sidekicks

Dan Santat - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Paperback

Look up in the sky! It's a graphic novel about SUPERHERO PETS from CALDECOTT MEDALIST DAN SANTAT! Captain Amazing, superhero and savior of Metro City, is getting old. He's out all hours battling arch-villains, catching thieves, and helping little old ladies cross the street. He doesn't...
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Tiny Titans Vol. 1: Welcome to the Treehouse

Art Baltazar - DC Comics
Format: Paperback

You'll see what life is like for the very young heroes of Sidekick Elementary and learn what could go wrong when the kids of Sidekick Elementary spend an afternoon in the Batcave in this new graphic novel. These all ages tales from the DC Universe, beautifully written and illustrated...
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Superman Family Adventures, Vol. 1

Art Baltazar - DC Comics; First Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Superman! Superboy! Supergirl! Krypto the Superdog! The entire Superman family is re-imagined here in this energetic all-ages graphic novel. Read on as the heroes of Metropolis fight foes such as Bizarro, Metallo, Lex Luthor and...giant monkeys?The critically acclaimed team behind TINY...
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The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 1: Squirrel Power

Ryan North - ‎Marvel; Illustrated edition
Format: Paperback

Wolverine, Deadpool, Doctor Doom, Thanos: Theres one hero thats beaten them all-and now shes got her own ongoing series! (Not that shes bragging.) Thats right, you asked for it, you got it, its SQUIRREL GIRL! (Shes also starting college this semester.) Its the start of a brand-new...
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Captain Awesome and the Easter Egg Bandit

Stan Kirby - Little Simon, 2015.
Format: Print book

Eugene is eager to track down an Easter egg thief in the thirteenth adventure of Captain Awesome and the Sunnyview Superhero Squad!To celebrate Easter, Eugene and his classmates decorate some eggs at school. Eugene's is the most MI-TEE of all! But when he enters the classroom the next...
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Kung Pow Chicken #1: Let's Get Cracking!

Cyndi Marko - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Paperback

Kung Pow Chicken is the superhero everyone has been waiting forThis series is part of Scholastics early chapter book line called Branches which is aimed at newly independent readers With easy-to-read text high-interest content fast-paced plots and illustrations on every page these books...
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The Princess in Black and the Mysterious Playdate

SHANNON HALE - Candlewick
Format: Paperback

Noseholes and elephants! A pet-eating monster interrupts a perfect playdate with Princess Sneezewort . . . but who is that new masked avenger?Princess Magnolia and Princess Sneezewort have plans . . . mysterious plans, like a princess playdate! They dress-up slam! They karaoke jam! They...
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Savvy

Ingrid Law - Dial Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Make this your next book club selection and everyone saves. Get 15% off when you order 5 or more of this title for your book club. Simply enter the coupon code LAWSAVVY at checkout. This offer does not apply to eBook purchases. This offer applies to only one downloadable audio per purchase....
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Powerless (Supers of Nobles Green)

Matthew Cody - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Superheroes soar in this promising debut - and theyre kids!. Twelve-year-old Daniel, the new kid in town, soon learns the truth about his nice - but odd - new friends: one can fly, another can turn invisible, yet another controls electricity. Incredible. The superkids use their powers to secretly...
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Epic Zero: Tales of a Not-So-Super 6th Grader

R L Ullman - But That's Another Story ... Press
Format: Print book

Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets The Incredibles in book one of this hilarious, action-packed series.***READERS' FAVORITE GOLD MEDAL AWARD WINNER***Extraordinary family. Ordinary kid ...12-year-old Elliott Harkness wants nothing more than to join his family as part of the Freedom Force, the world's...
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NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society

Michael Buckley - Amulet Books
Format: eBook

NERDS combines all the excitement of international espionage with all the awkwardness of elementary school, and the results are hilarious. A group of unpopular fifth graders run a spy network from inside their school. With the help of cutting-edge science, they transform their nerdy...
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Story Thieves

James Riley - Aladdin; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

This "clever opener likely to leave readers breathless both with laughter and anticipation" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) is the first in a new series from the bestselling author of the Half Upon a Time trilogy.Life is boring when you live in the real world, instead of starring...
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The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Squirrel Meets World

Shannon Hale - Marvel Press
Format: Hardcover

WHO RUNS THE WORLD? SQUIRRELS! Fourteen-year-old Doreen Green moved from sunny California to the suburbs of New Jersey. She must start at a new school, make new friends, and continue to hide her tail. Yep, Doreen has the powers of . . . a squirrel! After failing at several attempts to find...
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