Super Human series - OPTIONAL

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Take to the Skies by R.T. Martin (94 pages) and Stronghold by R.T. Martin (92 pages).  HI/LO.  Darby Creek (Lerner), 2018.  $8 (paperback)

Content: G

BUYING ADVISORY:  MS, HS - OPTIONAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

Two titles from the Super Human series.  When you turn 16, your superpowers start to manifest themselves.  Maybe you can fly, maybe you have super strength.  Whichever power it is, you’d better figure out how to use and who you can trust with your secret identity, because there is a stiff learning curve and danger in being a super!

There are 6 books all together in this series.  The two I read were fun and realistic – just shorter than your average book.  Nothing else to indicate that they are meant as a hi/lo book.  Now I want to read them all!

Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS

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