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Powerless (2009)

by Matthew Cody(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 6

ISBN

0375855955 (ISBN13: 9780375855955)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Knopf Books for Young Readers

series

Daniel Corrigan

review 1: I really liked this book. It is about a boy named Daniel who moves to a new town to be with his Grandma who is in the late stages of cancer. When he meets the kids his age in this new town, he finds something different about the kids there, and is drawn to them. He realizes later that they all have supernatural powers. He is so exited to learn about all of the kids in this new town... I really recommend this book to people who like a mystery and are not worried about how little the book may seem. I really liked this book, and I encourage people to read it.
review 2: This book, was pretty disappointing for me. First of all, it had an obvious story outline. Everyone has superpowers, now they start to lose their superpowers, and no surprise, the kid with no superp... moreowers magically destroy the Evil. Second of all, the powers that the characters do have, is nothing extraordinary. All of these powers are things everyone has heard of, including the ability to fly (oh my gosh this is absolutely jaw-dropping *said in sarcastic voice*), the ability to turn invisible, and the ability to control electricity. I would've liked the story a little better if these kids had interesting powers, such as the ability to morph into any animal, or the ability to shoot lasers out of their eyes (no relation to the superhero Cyclops). Finally, the background of how this event happened seems a little to bland. Their superheroes refer back to a World War II comic book, how exciting. I guess the author was a bit lazy there, not willing to go to much detail in that area. I mean having a nuclear accident that gave all the teens superpowers would be too much work to write... less

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