Title: The Rise of Renegade XSeries: Rise of Renegade XAuthor: Chelsea CampbellPublisher: Egmont USAPublication Date: 11 May 2010Synopsis from GoodreadsSixteen-year-old Damien Locke has a plan: major in messing with people at the local supervillain university and become a professional evil genius, just like his supervillain mom. But when he discovers the shameful secret she's been hiding all these years, that the one-night stand that spawned him was actually with a superhero, everything gets messed up. His father's too moral for his own good, so when he finds out Damien exists, he actually wants him to come live with him and his goody-goody superhero family. Damien gets shipped off to stay with them in their suburban hellhole, and he has only six weeks to prove he's not a hero in any way, or else he's stuck living with them for the rest of his life, or until he turns eighteen, whichever comes first.
To get out of this mess, Damien has to survive his dad's "flying lessons" that involve throwing him off the tallest building in the city--despite his nearly debilitating fear of heights--thwarting the eccentric teen scientist who insists she's his sidekick, and keeping his supervillain girlfriend from finding out the truth. But when Damien uncovers a dastardly plot to turn all the superheroes into mindless zombie slaves, a plan hatched by his own mom, he discovers he cares about his new family more than he thought. Now he has to choose: go back to his life of villainy and let his family become zombies, or stand up to his mom and become a real hero.
I just know this book would be perfect for the Reluctant Readers in school.
Series: Origami Yoda #1Author: Tom AnglebergerPublisher: AbramsPublication Date: 1 May 2011Synopsis from GoodreadsIn this funny, uncannily wise portrait of the dynamics of a sixth-grade class and of the greatness that sometimes comes in unlikely packages, Dwight, a loser, talks to his classmates via an origami finger puppet of Yoda. If that weren’t strange enough, the puppet is uncannily wise and prescient. Origami Yoda predicts the date of a pop quiz, guesses who stole the classroom Shakespeare bust, and saves a classmate from popularity-crushing embarrassment with some well-timed advice. Dwight’s classmate Tommy wonders how Yoda can be so smart when Dwight himself is so clueless. With contributions from his puzzled classmates, he assembles the case file that forms this novel.
How much fun does this look.
Title: Mortal Chaos
Series:Mortal ChaosAuthor: Matt DickinsonPublisher: OUPPublication Date: 2 Feb 2012
Synopsis from Amazon
'The Butterfly Effect ': the scientific theory that a single occurrence, no matter how small, can change the course of the universe forever. When a butterfly startles a young rabbit, and the rabbit makes a horse rear, it starts a chain of events, over the course of one day, that will change people's lives . . . and end people's lives. From a climber on Everest to a boy in Malawi . . . from a commercial pilot to an American psycho . . . the chaos knows no bounds. This heart-stopping adventure by writer, film maker and climber Matt Dickinson will leave readers breathless. It's the book Jack Bauer would have read as a teenager!
This one has been on my radar for a while but the review from Darren at The Book Zone (HERE) really pushed it up the list.
I absolutely adore the cover and title of The Strange Case of Origiami Yoda.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, The Rise of Renegade X is amazing!
ReplyDeletehope u get those soon
ReplyDeleteOrigami Yoda is amazing, Im trying to get L to read it but I dont htink he has yet! I love the sound of Mortal Chaos and The Rise of Renegade X looks awesome! :D I hope you manage to get these soon!
ReplyDeleteMortal Chaos sounds right up my street and Origami Yoda sounds adorable :D
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