The Extraordinaries
An astonishing young adult superhero fantasy from the author of The House on the Cerulean Sea
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5.0 • 7 Ratings
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
In Nova City, there are extraordinary people, capable of feats that defy the imagination. Shadow Star protects the city and manipulates darkness, and Pyro Storm is determined to bring the city to its knees using his power over fire.
And then there's Nick who . . . well, being the most popular fanfiction writer in the Extraordinaries fandom is a superpower, right?
Instead of fighting crime, Nick contends with a new year at school, a father who doesn't trust him, and a best friend named Seth, who may or may not be the love of Nick's short, uneventful life.
It should be enough. But after a chance encounter with Shadow Star, Nova City's mightiest hero (and Nick's biggest crush), Nick sets out to make himself extraordinary. And he'll do it with or without Seth's reluctant help . . .
Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl meets Brandon Sanderson's Steelheart in TJ Klune's YA debut: a queer coming-of-age story about a fanboy with ADHD and the heroes he loves.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Nova City, Nick Bell is an apparently ordinary high school student whose megacrush on local superhero Shadow Star leads him into wild stunts in a quest for his own superpowers. Though at first he only wants the stunts to bring him to Shadow Star's attention, his motivations shift when a battle between Shadow Star and his nemesis, Pyro Storm, injures Nick's police officer father, who is all he has left after the death of his mother two years earlier. Nick's ADHD and almost comical optimism combine to make a charming and entertaining hero, and his equally amusing circle of inclusive friends is supportive of his emotional excesses. Though his strict but supportive father does his best to keep Nick out of trouble, the teen finds a way to put himself in the path of danger as his hero and Pyro Storm's feud comes to a head. There's plenty in this lighthearted, superhero-interested teen dramedy for kids who feel like they're sometimes on the outside, including the positive representation of a teen with ADHD. Ages 13 up.
Customer Reviews
Extraordinarily Good
My mind is too full to coherently put my thoughts in some sort of order.
Suffice it to say if you’re already a TJ Klune fan, you’ll love this book, if you haven’t read any of his books, then I urge you to start reading his earlier work, and work your way up to this series.
So this is supposed to written for young adults but I’m well past, decades past, my young adulthood and I l.o.v.e.d this book. I feel that is is written with love and so much wit. All the characters are fleshed out, making them real with human fears, human vulnerability, hope, bravery and love. Nick’s friends are the best, his special friend is definitely the best, his dad is awesome and hilarious (all dad’s should be like him) and Officer Rookie needs his own story told.
5 stars
Highly recommend
Page turner, absolutely loved it...laugh out loud funny, superheroes with a twist.