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Not all heroes wear capes. Some heroes teach martial arts. Others talk to ghosts. A few are inventors or soccer players. They're also sisters, neighbors, and friends. Because heroes come in many shapes and sizes. But they all have one thing in common: They make the world a better place. Published in partnership with We Need Diverse Books, this vibrant anthology features 13 acclaimed authors whose powerful and diverse voices show how small acts of kindness can save the day. So pay attention, because a hero could be right beside you. Or maybe the hero is you.

As heard by kids everywhere on the Echo Dot Kids Edition, the Classroom 13 books are a hilarious new chapter book series-perfect for reluctant readers and fans of Roald Dahl, Captain Underpants, and Sideways Stories from Wayside School. The Super Awful Superheroes of Classroom 13 is the fourth...

X-Men meets Spy Kids in the third installment of The Forgotten Five middle-grade fantasy/adventure series by the New York Times bestselling author of The Unwanteds. Estero City is in an uproar following the exposure of President Fuerte as a supernatural, as well as the surprise announcement by...

X-Men meets Spy Kids in this instant New York Times bestseller! Here’s the first book in a new middle-grade fantasy/adventure series from the author of The Unwanteds. Fifteen years ago, eight supernatural criminals fled Estero City to make a new life in an isolated tropical hideout. Over time...

X-Men meets Spy Kids in the sixth installment of The Forgotten Five middle-grade fantasy/adventure series by the New York Times bestselling author of The Unwanteds. Only weeks remain before the election that will decide the fate of supernaturals in Estero, with presidential challenger Magdalia...

The ruthless martial arts master Shredder has an evil plan to defeat Splinter and destroy the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Can he be stopped?

This stellar debut by APALA Award–winning author Christina Li about losing and finding family, forging unlikely friendships, and searching for answers to big questions will resonate with fans of Erin Entrada Kelly and Rebecca Stead. The only thing Rosalind Ling Geraghty loves more than...

The third thrilling adventure book from best-selling, award-winning authors Greg James and Chris Smith. You don't need superpowers to be a hero...or do you? Despite having no powers, Murph Cooper is part of the best team in the Heroes' Alliance. So when supervillain Magpie declares all-out war, Kid Normal and the Super Zeroes lead the charge. But Magpie believes that a powerless hero is no hero at all. And he's building a dastardly device to prove it. When Kid Normal enters the shadow machine, the world will never be the same....

Victor Spoil realizes he's not cut out for life as a supervillain and instead decides to be...a librarian. Little does he know that librarians are a kick-butt secret society who will stop at nothing to control - and shush - the world!

At a comic convention, a boy picks up an issue showcasing an oozy villain named the Glob. But then the cover starts to swirl. Slime drips out. The Glob is free from the pages of the comic book, and it’s hungry! This looks like a job for the greatest hero of all . . . the Librarian!

It’s 1974, and Adventure Command International is still on the job in hotspots at the four corners of the wide world! After a harrowing year, Adventure Command’s members have taken their knocks and licked their wounds and now stand ready to plunge into a new set of three amazing adventures designed to thrill boys and girls of all ages! Rev up the Mobile Command Vehicle and set up the Flying Recon! Give them both the gas for tales of action and suspense with the team in the frozen Arctic, along Florida’s space coast, and up the sides of one of Japan’s most active volcanos!

When the baddest of bad guys threatens the world with a giant black hole, Ben Braver is the only one who can stop it. Ready or not, he's about to learn what it really means to be a hero.

Even though Ben Braver saved Kepler Academy from total destruction last year, he knows he still doesn't fit in at his secret middle school for kids with special abilities. Ben's been hiding his lack of super skills, but it's getting harder as his classmates' powers are getting stronger. Will Ben be able to power up before his enemies at school take him down? And will he risk everything to become the ultimate superhero?

Welcome to Goriskovy Plavni, a special forest town where the tastiest nuts in the whole world grow. Here, all animals live in peace and harmony. Children have fun and learn, protect each other, test their courage and, most importantly, overcome their fears. Everyone is afraid sometimes – of the dark, of heights, or even of school – so come and meet some new friends in Goriskovy Plavni and they will help you overcome your fear. Visit the Forest Counsellor, or ask the Wise Owl about her magic torch. Because small tricks might just make your big fears disappear forever.

It all started with a peanut butter cup...which leads Ben Braver to a secret school for kids with super abilities. Ben has never had any special powers - and maybe never will. But could this be his chance to become the superhero he's always dreamed of? The Super Life of Ben Braver is the first book in a hilarious adventure series about the greatness that lies within any middle schooler who dreams big from Marcus Emerson, the author of the smash hit Diary of a 6th Grade Ninja series.

Nnamdi's father was a good chief of police, perhaps the best Kalaria had ever had. He was determined to root out the criminals that had invaded the town. But then he was murdered, and most people believed the Chief of Chiefs, most powerful of the criminals, was responsible. Nnamdi has vowed to avenge his father, but he wonders what a 12-year-old boy can do. Until a mysterious nighttime meeting, the gift of a magical object that enables super powers, and a charge to use those powers for good changes his life forever.

Al Polo Nord, nella mitica Fabbrica di Giocattoli di Babbo Natale, tutto sembra pronto per la Grande Notte Magica... o quasi! Un buffo imprevisto e una giovane renna di nome Rendy daranno vita a una girandola di eventi straordinari, tra pupazzi di neve, macchinari supertecnologici e piani incredibili. Tutto inizia quando una lettera speciale arriva da Sydney e Babbo Natale si trasforma in Super Claus, un eroe mascherato con una missione molto speciale: aiutare i bambini di ogni parte del mondo, uno alla volta!

Wolfgang, der gefürchtetste Bösewicht der Stadt, hat die Bürgermeisterin entführt und fordert im Austausch die Rote Maske. Lisa erkennt, dass sie alleine geliefert ist, und muss sich entscheiden: Entweder rettet sie sich selbst oder sie kapituliert und rettet damit die Bürgermeisterin. Doch dann naht Hilfe – und zwar aus einer völlig unerwarteten Richtung. Lisa zaudert, denn ihr Vertrauen in ihre unverhofften Komplizen ist nicht gerade groß.

Etwas mehr als ein Monat ist vergangen, seitdem Wolfgang, der gefährlichste Schurke Rosenbergs, durch den Einsatz der Superhelden Lisa und Max weggesperrt werden konnte. Danach kehrte wieder etwas Ruhe in Rosenberg ein. Doch auf einmal geschieht etwas geradezu Ungeheuerliches: Kinder verschwinden nachts spurlos – eins nach dem anderen. Die Menschen in Rosenberg haben Angst und sind wütend, denn sie verstehen nicht, warum die Superhelden die Kinder nicht finden können. Im Hintergrund versucht Lisa fieberhaft, Nick und Robert Superkräfte beizubringen, nur leider ohne Erfolg.

Dans un univers menacé par des créatures dangereuses, une magie maléfique et un capitaine sans pitié, des enfants ordinaires deviennent malgré eux de puissants super-héros... et le destin du monde repose entre leurs mains! Mère Glaise, la druidesse du village de Donoma, court un grave danger. Seuls Sam, jeune orphelin et piètre archer, ainsi qu'un sympathique golem très fort mais aussi très petit, peuvent l'aider à affronter l'infâme Cowboy-Boy. L'avantage qu'ils ont, cependant, c'est que Sam peut avoir accès aux pouvoirs d'un ancien héros légendaire... ceux du grand Shaman-Man!