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Bumblebee at Super Hero High

LISA YEE - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Library Binding

Get your cape on with the DC Super Hero Girls(TM) --the unprecedented new Super Hero universe especially for girls! Readers of all ages can fly high with the all-new adventures of Wonder Woman(TM) , Supergirl(TM) , Batgirl(TM) , and some of the world's most iconic female super...
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Super Fly: The World's Smallest Superhero!

Todd H Doodler - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover

From just a tiny larva in diapers to . . . SUPER FLY! This is the story of Eugene Flystein, a small and nerdy, mild-mannered housefly, who also happens to be the world's smallest superhero and humanity's greatest crime fighter. SUPER FLY!: Able to stop tornadoes from destroying towns with...
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Stuntboy, in the Meantime

Jason Reynolds - Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Format: Hardcover

Portico Reeves's superpower is making sure all the other superheroes - like his parents and two best friends - stay super. And safe. Super safe. And he does this all in secret. No one in his civilian life knows he's actually ... Stuntboy! But his regular Portico identity is pretty...
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How to Save a Superhero

Ruth Freeman - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover

Addie and her mom never stay in one place too long. They've been up and down and all around the country. When her mom, Tish, gets a new job at Happy Valley Village Retirement Community in Pennsylvania, Addie believes they'll be on the road again in a month. But this time, something...
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The Unforgettable Logan Foster #1

Shawn Peters - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover


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Sidekicks

Dan Santat - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover

Look up in the sky! Its a graphic novel about SUPERHERO PETS from CALDECOTT MEDALIST DAN SANTAT! Captain Amazing, superhero and savior of Metro City, is getting old. Hes out all hours battling arch-villains, catching thieves, and helping little old ladies cross the street. He doesnt even...
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Brown

Hakon Ovreas - Enchanted Lion Books
Format: Hardcover

New in the neighborhood and hounded by fort-wrecking bullies, Rusty is looking glum. And to top it all off, his grandfather has just died. Rusty is stuck sorting out his emotions while the adults are busy sorting out the "practicalities" with the hospital. But one dark night,...
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Ikenga

Nnedi Okorafor - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback

An NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEARAn AMAZON BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK OF 2020Nnedi Okorafor's acclaimed first novel for middle grade readers introduces a boy who can access super powers with the help of the magical Ikenga.Nnamdi's father was a good chief of police, perhaps the best Kalaria...
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Katie the Catsitter

Colleen AF Venable - Random House Books for Young Readers; Illustrated edition
Format: Paperback

and Real Friends (not to mention anyone who loves cats!) Katie is dreading the boring summer ahead while her best friends are all away at camp--something that's way out of Katie and her mom's budget, UNLESS Katie can figure out a way earn the money for camp herself. But when Katie...
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Diana: Princess of the Amazons

Shannon Hale - DC Zoom
Format: Paperback

From New York Times bestselling authors Shannon Hale and Dean Hale comes a heartfelt story about making mistakes, learning the hard way, and growing up to become a hero.Eleven-year-old Diana leads an idyllic life on the island of Themyscira. Cut off from the rest of the world, she's...
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Super Pancake: (A Graphic Novel)

Megan Wagner Lloyd - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a . . . pancake? Here is a delightfully clever and endearingly funny graphic novel about a pancake named Peggy, who accidentally develops superhero abilities and must defend her home of Breakfast Town.. Life in Breakfast Town is pretty uneventful...
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Superheroes Don't Eat Veggie Burgers

Gretchen Kelley - Henry Holt and Company, 2016.
Format: Print book

Middle school may be tough, but Charlie Burger has a plan for how he'll get through it: mind his own business and stay out of the limelight. But sixth grade has other plans for Charlie. His best friend, Franki, starts acting weird-since when does she like to dance?-and everyone from his mom to his soccer...
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The Boy With Wings

Sir Lenny Henry - Andrews McMeel Publishing
Format: Hardcover

It's Tunde's twelfth birthday and he's in for a surprise . . . he sprouts wings! Along with his friends, Tunde must save the world. Readers will adore Lenny Henry's first middle grade book, The Boy with Wings, that's packed with captivating illustrations by Keenon Ferrell....
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Isaiah Dunn is My Hero

Kelly J. Baptist - Crown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A coming-of-age tale about a boy who discovers a love of poetry after finding his late father's journal. Adapted from a story that first appeared in Flying Lessons & Other Stories and perfect for fans of The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson. Isaiah is now the big man of the house....
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Leon the Extraordinary: A Graphic Novel (Leon #1)

Jamar Nicholas - Graphix
Format: Paperback

Leon is an ordinary kid who becomes extraordinary when he fights a supervillain to save his school!In the city where Leon lives, superheroes -- and supervillains -- are commonplace. So how does an ordinary kid like Leon, who has no superpowers himself, become the superhero he wants to be? When...
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Bruce Wayne: Not Super

Stuart Gibbs - DC Comics
Format: Paperback

13-year-old Bruce Wayne attends an exclusive prep school for the gifted. But in this case, "gifted" means kids with super-powers. Bruce is suddenly the least special person in his world--and must learn to work with the talents he does have.. It's hard enough being in middle...
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Etta Invincible

Reese Eschmann - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Etta Johnson has Loud Days where she can hear just fine and Quiet Days where sounds come from far away and she gets to retreat into her thoughts. Etta spends most of her time alone, working on her comic book about Invisible Girl, the superhero who takes down super villain...
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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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Shredderman: Secret Identity

Wendelin Van Draanen - Yearling Book
Format: Paperback

Alvin Bixby: Hulking, knuckles of steel, hideous breath, foul temper. Kids call him: Bubba. Nolan Byrd: Puny, power walker, math genius, can't keep shoes tied. Kids call him: Nerd.Bubba has been the bane of Nolan's existence for five long years. So when Mr. Green asks the class to become...
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Not All Heroes

Josephine Cameron
Format: Hardcover

Even though her family moved across the country for a "fresh start" after her little brother's death, eleven-year-old Zinnia Helinski still feels like she's stuck waiting for her new life to begin. Then she spots her new neighbor, Kris, climbing down the fire escape of their...
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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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Batpig: When Pigs Fly

Rob Harrell - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

Gary Yorkshire was your perfectly average, fuzzy pink pig who loved tasty sandwiches, video games, mud baths, and hanging out with his friends Carl the fish and Brooklyn the bat. Until one day . . . a radioactive bat bite gives him powers he never would have dreamed of! Inspired by his old Crimson...
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Geeks, Girls, and Secret Identities

Sheila Turnage - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover

School Library JournalGr 46Vincent Wu knows everything there is to know about Copperplate City's most beloved superhero, Captain Stupendous. He talks about him at dinner. He does reports on him at school. He is even a founding member of the Captain Stupendous Fan Club. When the hero...
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