Powerless
Published on 27. October 2009
288 pages
978-0-375-89353-7 (ISBN)
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Superheroes soar in this promising debut—and they're kids!
Twelve-year-old Daniel, the new kid in town, soon learns the truth about his nice—but odd—new friends: one can fly, another can turn invisible, yet another controls electricity. Incredible. The superkids use their powers to secretly do good in the town, but they're haunted by the fact that the moment they turn thirteen, their abilities will disappear—along with any memory that they ever had them. Is a memory-stealing supervillain sapping their powers?
The answers lie in a long-ago meteor strike, a World War II-era comic book (Fantastic Futures, starring the first superhero, Johnny Noble), the green-flamed Witch Fire, a hidden Shroud cave, and—possibly, unbelievably—"powerless” regular-kid Daniel himself.
Superhero kids meet comic book mystery in this action-filled debut about the true meaning of a hero.
Twelve-year-old Daniel, the new kid in town, soon learns the truth about his nice—but odd—new friends: one can fly, another can turn invisible, yet another controls electricity. Incredible. The superkids use their powers to secretly do good in the town, but they're haunted by the fact that the moment they turn thirteen, their abilities will disappear—along with any memory that they ever had them. Is a memory-stealing supervillain sapping their powers?
The answers lie in a long-ago meteor strike, a World War II-era comic book (Fantastic Futures, starring the first superhero, Johnny Noble), the green-flamed Witch Fire, a hidden Shroud cave, and—possibly, unbelievably—"powerless” regular-kid Daniel himself.
Superhero kids meet comic book mystery in this action-filled debut about the true meaning of a hero.
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Matthew Cody divides his time between writing and teaching college English. He lives with his wife and young son in New York City, where he is at work on his next novel for Knopf.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Prologue
- Chapter One - The New Kid
- Chapter Two - The Bus Stop
- Chapter Three - The Bridge
- Chapter Four - The Incident at the Observatory
- Chapter Five - The Children of Noble's Green
- Chapter Six - Flight
- Chapter Seven - Hide-and-Seek
- Chapter Eight - Moon-Gazing
- Chapter Nine - Simon's Birthday
- Chapter Ten - Welcome Guests
- Chapter Eleven - Written and Drawn by Herman Plunkett
- Chapter Twelve - Mollie's New Plan
- Chapter Thirteen - The Old Quarry
- Chapter Fourteen - Journey Home
- Chapter Fifteen - Flowers and Casseroles
- Chapter Sixteen - Plunkett's Story
- Chapter Seventeen - About Eric
- Chapter Eighteen - Briarwood
- Chapter Nineteen - Grounded
- Chapter Twenty - Strange Alliances
- Chapter Twenty-one - Back to the Mountain
- Chapter Twenty-two - The Cave
- Chapter Twenty-three - Reichenbach Falls
- Chapter Twenty-four - The Way Home
- Chapter Twenty-five - The Legacy of Johnny Noble
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Copyright
