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1) Steelheart
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
At age eight, David watched as his father was killed by an Epic, a human with superhuman powers, and now, ten years later, he joins the Reckoners--the only people who are trying to kill the Epics and end their tyranny.
Author
Series
Press start! volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When King Viking and his evil robot army attack Animal Town, and kidnap Singing Dog, it is up to Super Rabbit Boy, with some help from Sunny and his video game console, to save the day.
Author
Language
English
Description
Anna does boring things for terrible people because even criminals need office help and she needs a job. As a temp, she's just a cog in the machine. But when she finally gets a promising assignment, everything goes very wrong, and an encounter with the so-called 'hero' leaves her badly injured. So, of course, then she gets laid off. With no money and no mobility, with only her anger and internet research acumen, she discovers her suffering at the...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tired of always losing to Super Rabbit Boy in their video game world, King Viking goes to the Secret Lands to find the Super Power Up that will give him super powers--Super Rabbit Boy must stop him, but first he must make it past goblins, ghosts, and other video dangers.
5) Calamity
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
David prepares for a confrontation against the High Epic to help his friend, Prof, achieve redemption and embrace his destiny.
6) Firefight
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"David and the Reckoners continue their fight against the Epics, humans with superhuman powers, except they may have met their match in Regalia, a High Epic who resides in Babylon Restored, the city formerly known as the borough of Manhattan"--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An all-new LEGO(R) DC SUPER HEROES adventure! Join Batman(TM), Superman(TM), Wonder Woman(TM), and more as they take on LEGO DC super villains in this hilarious and action-packed story.
10) Bubble trouble!
Author
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Superman and Aquaman join forces to stop Black Manta from flooding Metropolis and cities around the globe with a device that creates giant bubbles of ocean water.
11) Almost super
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Two brothers in a family of superheroes are forced to reexamine everything they knew about being super when the powers they receive are total duds and their enemy is revealed to be just like they are"--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Super-powerless Rafter is unable to resist his dream of reclaiming his family's superhero glory when he gets a dubious secret offer to fight with real superpowers.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Icicle, another supervillain with wintry powers, invades Central City and starts taking credit for all the evil-doing, Captain Cold is seriously annoyed--will he actually help the Flash defeat this competitor to regain his status as the city's main supervillain?
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A mysterious villain has kidnapped hundreds of the homeless people of Gotham City and turned them into an army of mutated half-crocodile zombies led by Killer Croc, and when Batman himself is infected he must find a cure before it is too late.
18) How to take over the world: practical schemes and scientific solutions for the aspiring supervillain
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A tongue-in-cheek introduction to the science of comic-book supervillainy, revealing the true potential of today's most advanced technologies. Taking over the world is a lot of work. Any supervillain is bound to have questions: What's the perfect location for a floating secret base? What zany heist will fund my immoral plans? How do I control the weather, destroy the internet, and never, ever die? In How to Take Over the World, bestselling author...
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