Sort of Super
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- 11,99 €
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- 11,99 €
Publisher Description
Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova meets the HiLo series in this first book in a funny, lighthearted new middle grade graphic novel series about a boy struggling with new superpowers—and middle school.
Eleven-year-old Wyatt Flynn had something amazing happen to him: he got superpowers! Good ones too, like super-flight, super-strength, and super-speed. The only problem? Wyatt got his superpowers totally by mistake, and his dad—who’s been overprotective since Wyatt’s mom disappeared—thinks he’s too young for them and worries what would happen if everyone found out. So he makes Wyatt hide his powers.
Keeping such a huge secret from his best friends Beto and Nara is bad enough, but not being able to use his new abilities to defend them from the biggest bully at school makes Wyatt feel useless and frustrated. But his little sister thinks the good his powers could do is more important than following Dad’s rules. Slowly, the two of them become a dynamic crime-fighting duo right under their dad’s nose.
Lying to his dad isn’t much easier than lying to his friends. But Wyatt might be able to make a real difference in the community…and maybe even find Mom. That makes it all worth it—right?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this plot-driven, high-energy graphic novel that features excellent sequential storytelling, lanky 11-year-old Wyatt Flynn struggles to acclimate after developing a full gamut of common superhero powers at his father's place of work: "I was sprayed by a glowing space rock.../ ...drenched in nuclear waste.../ ...and zapped by electricity!" Though Wyatt wishes he could openly contest his ethnically inclusive school's bully or investigate the mysterious animal disappearances around town, his police officer father, kind and imaginative grandmother, and so-smart-she-skipped-two-grades sister Adeline (all white) curb his enthusiasm for superheroics. Bold, luminescent colors, dynamic actions, and expressive cartooning by Gapstur, making his solo debut, match Wyatt's infectious enthusiasm. Though absorbing plot threads—such as Wyatt and Adeline's mom disappearing and the looming implications of Wyatt's powers becoming public knowledge—fall by the wayside in favor of unexpected developments that divert the characters' attentions, their earnestness to do good, despite looming concern that the government would capture Wyatt should his powers become public, sustains reader investment. Final art not seen by PW. Ages 8–12.
