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Summary

Sometimes you don’t choose to be a superhero; sometimes being a superhero chooses you…

These superhero-styled stories have great play-on-words, delightful sibling interactions, and plenty of action, making them humorous, fast reads that emphasize the importance of family and working together. 

Stats

Genre: Midgrade (8-12 years) superhero

Series length: Three books

Violence: Moderate fantasy violence

Magic/Supernatural: Most elements are attributed to technology. However, there is a minor and questionable element pertaining to the protagonist' dad, possibly implying his dad managed to contact him from beyond the grave.

Romance: None 

Christian/spiritual element: Light and subtle

Recommendation: Excellent for boys or geeky girls who like superheroes

You might like this book if you liked... 
Marvel comics or the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan

To Purchase

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Opening Lines:

I sat at my desk chair and aimed the grocery-store checkout scanner at my forehead, hoping the trigger's noise wouldn't wake my sister.

I glanced at her, asleep in bed. When it's time for school, she can sleep through an atomic blast, but let me try to sneak ice cream at midnight, and she shows up in her padded Tigger slippers with a big spoon in her hand. I swear those slippers turn her into a Ninja. 

Taking a deep breath, I pulled the trigger. A bright light flashed for a split second, and a soft beep sounded twice. 

Wanted: A Superhero to Save the World 
(Wanted: Superheroes, Book 1)
by Bryan Davis

Eddie Hertz is smart, real smart. He has to be. What other twelve-year-old patrols the streets of Nirvana alone, hoping to foil the schemes of the evil Mephisto? Since Eddie is small for his age, he trusts in his Batman-style gadgets belt and acrobatic skills as well as lots of experience, like knowing how to swing across dark alleys without being seen.

Eddie has a dream, to become like Damocles, Nirvana’s great superhero. To make that dream come true, Eddie invented a device that is supposed to give him superpowers, but using it on himself might be dangerous, possibly fatal. He doesn’t have the nerve to try it.

When Mephisto unleashes an earthquake machine to terrorize the city, Eddie gets a surprising teammate — his quirky eight-year-old sister, Samantha, who comes up with an unexpected way to help Eddie in the frantic battle to prevent the biggest earthquake of all.

Since Damocles is unable to join the fight, Eddie and Samantha are the only hope for Nirvana and the world.

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Opening Lines:

I stood next to the ruins of the Stellar Building, set a fake replica of my superhero device on the ground, and aimed my paintball rifle at Sam. "Ready?"

About fifteen paces away, she planted her sneakered feet on the sidewalk near a rainwater puddle. The sun cast morning rays on her as the autumn breeze flapped her purple cape and black skirt, her skin protected from the cool air by long sleeves and thick leggings. 

She tightened her gadgets belt and called, "Fire away. Princess Queenie Unicorn Iris Ponyrider isn't scared to be shot by Prince Edward Lionhearted Oscar Fruitloops Thunderman." 

Hertz To Be a Hero 
​(Wanted: Superheroes, Book 2)
by Bryan Davis

Hertz to Be a Hero is an exciting good-versus-evil battle between a brother-sister superhero team and the evil Mephisto. It is book #2 in the "Wanted: Superheroes" series.

The evil Mephisto is still on the prowl, and he hopes to bring the city of Nirvana to its knees by controlling its people with a hypnotizing gas. Now that Damocles, the great superhero, is gone, who can stop this villain?

Eddie Hertz, a twelve-year-old genius, and his sister, an eight-year-old super-powered girl named Samantha, have a plan-lure Mephisto into a trap by using themselves and Eddie's superhero invention as bait.
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When Mephisto surprises the kids with a plan of his own, they have to call upon every talent and power they possess as well as the skills of their quirky friends to conquer unimaginable dangers--fighting an unworldly octopus creature, riding spool lines across burning skyscrapers to save the people inside, and battling a phantom panther that preys on children. 

All the while, they know that eventually they will have to face the greatest danger of all--thousands of mind-controlled zombies in Nirvana who are ready to do Mephisto's bidding to capture Eddie and Samantha, thereby allowing him to achieve his goal to control the city and eventually the world. 

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Opening Lines:

I stood at the center of the hospital's physical therapy room. Mobile beds lined the walls, all turned so the young occupants could see me.

"Then when the octopus grabbed Sam," I said as I acted out the scene, "it tried to drag her into the moat while she hung on to a tree root with both hands."

​The children gasped. Sam, standing next to me and wearing her usual purple shirt and cape, black skirt and leggings, and silver gadgets belt, used sign language to translate for Maddie, a deaf girl who sat propped up in a bed directly in front of us. Maddie gasped as well. 

Antigravity Heroes 
(Wanted: Superheroes, Book 3)
by Bryan Davis

In previous stories, our heroes, Eddie and Samantha Hertz, faced earthquakes and hypnotized zombie-like people. What could be worse?

Birds. Yes, birds. And lots of them. Eagles, hawks, owls, herons, and more. The villain Mephisto has hypnotized tens of thousands of them to do his evil bidding.

The situation gets even stranger. Our heroes have to battle gravity itself. Mephisto has stolen antigravity belts that allow him to fly. But the belts have a flaw, and he tries to force Eddie to perfect them. In the meantime, Mephisto uses the hypnotized birds to paralyze the city while he steals millions of dollars.

Against all odds, Eddie and Samantha, their mother, their Uncle Milligan, the new Damocles, and the eccentric Dr. Gilbert G. Godwin, work together to battle the hypnotized birds and their controlling master.

​As usual, the entire world is in danger, and only the Hertz heroes can save it.