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4-6
Illustrated by
Erica Salcedo.
Eleven-year-old "normal kid" Murph is accidentally enrolled at a secret superhero-training school, where he befriends misfits with seemingly ineffective powers. When a mutant supervillain attacks the school, Murph and company must rescue the brainwashed students and staff. Occasional intrusive narration and tired humor drag down the plot, but fans of parody should enjoy this offbeat superhero adventure, complete with grayscale spot art.
112 pp.
| Morgan
| October, 2011
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LibraryISBN 978-1-59935-179-7$28.95
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YA
Business Leaders series.
These biographies focus on the technologies that their youthful subjects developed--Facebook, Google, Amazon.com, and Twitter--and the way each company has changed from small startup to international phenomenon. The subjects' lives and inventions are explained in clear language with embedded definitions when necessary; some details are more important than others. Numerous photos (mostly relevant, some not) support the texts. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Business Leaders titles: Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg, Google Founders, Jeff Bezos, and Twitter.
32 pp.
| Barefoot
| September, 2007
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TradeISBN 978-1-84686-042-3$16.99
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K-3
Illustrated by
Aurélia Fronty.
King Solomon settles a land dispute by recounting a folktale from both Arab and Jewish traditions. Two brothers from nearby villages equally share their best harvest. Each then tries to secretly give the other a gift of more grain; where they meet on their generous mission becomes Jerusalem. The peaceful, loving tale is accompanied by folk art–like paintings evocative of the Middle Eastern setting.