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A review by seawoodwrites
Kid Normal and the Rogue Heroes by Greg James, Chris Smith
4.0
I received this as a free ARC ebook via NetGalley. This does not affect my review.
This is great fun! Poor old Kid Normal - the only kid without superpowers in his whole school. You'd think that would be depressing, but he's so good at planning and keeping his team together that he's a hero anyway. Great set up, even if you haven't read the first book. Of course there is an arch-villain to battle, shiny gadgets and folks to save, so there's lots of action, and I think just about the right amount of downtime to let kids process what's happening. I'd recommend this for confident Y3s upwards - there's a decent use of vocab which will appeal to older children too, and I love the occasional breaking of the fourth wall to speak to the reader (yes, I did think about the OHP...busted!). Four stars because it's just very slightly on the too-long side.
This is great fun! Poor old Kid Normal - the only kid without superpowers in his whole school. You'd think that would be depressing, but he's so good at planning and keeping his team together that he's a hero anyway. Great set up, even if you haven't read the first book. Of course there is an arch-villain to battle, shiny gadgets and folks to save, so there's lots of action, and I think just about the right amount of downtime to let kids process what's happening. I'd recommend this for confident Y3s upwards - there's a decent use of vocab which will appeal to older children too, and I love the occasional breaking of the fourth wall to speak to the reader (yes, I did think about the OHP...busted!). Four stars because it's just very slightly on the too-long side.