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Sort of Super
By (Author) Eric Gapstur
Illustrated by Eric Gapstur
Colorist Dearbhla Kelly
1
Simon & Schuster
Aladdin
1st June 2022
United States
Children
Fiction
741.5973
Paperback
240
Width 140mm, Height 210mm, Spine 13mm
390g
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 superpowersand 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 dadwhos been overprotective since Wyatts mom disappearedthinks hes 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 Dads rules. Slowly, the two of them become a dynamic crime-fighting duo right under their dads nose.
Lying to his dad isnt much easier than lying to his friends. But Wyatt might be able to make a real difference in the communityand maybe even find Mom. That makes it all worth itright
Eric Gapstur is an author, illustrator, and cartoonist living in eastern Iowa with his wife and two sons. His work can be seen in DC and Image comics, among others.Sort of Superis his middle grade graphic novel series.