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298 pp.
| Putnam |
June, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-0-399-25654-7$16.99
(2)
YA
The nefarious Vindico are hell-bent on destroying the League of Heroes. Their plan? Kidnap five kids and train them to be the next generation of supervillains. With the Vindico characters' backstories, King grays the line between good and evil. At book's end, King does retreat from some of this thought-provoking ambiguity, but he never loses his knack for humorous--and teen-friendly--dialogue.
Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2012