Penelope Akk wants to be a superhero. She’s got superhero parents. She’s got the ultimate mad science power, filling her life with crazy gadgets even she doesn’t understand. She has two super-powered best friends. In middle school, the line between good and evil looks clear.
In real life, nothing is that clear. All it takes is one hero’s sidekick picking a fight, and Penny and her friends are … friends are labeled supervillains. In the process, Penny learns a hard lesson about villainy: She’s good at it.
Criminal masterminds, heroes in power armor, bottles of dragon blood, alien war drones, shapeshifters and ghosts, no matter what the super powered world throws at her, Penny and her friends come out on top. They have to. If she can keep winning, maybe she can clear her name before her mom and dad find out.
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Please don’t tell my parents I’m a supervillain. This is one of a long list of books and movies that have “borrowed” from the PS238 comics of Aaron Williams. you might think it is a young adult book, you might think it is a cross between alternate world/superhero/sci-fi with smatterings of steampunk in it. you would be right but there is more …
Another capepunk novel for your reading enjoyment! Deconstructions and parodies are nothing new to the genre but they tend toward the dark and gritty. This novel, by contrast, is light and breezy. It doesn’t take the conflict between superheroes and supervillains very seriously, instead treating them as two groups more interested in showing off …
Penelope Akk is the daughter of superheroes, she lives in a superhero world, and even her friends have superpowers. Penelope, however, hasn’t begun manifesting her powers yet. When Penelope’s powers finally decide to show up, boy is she surprised to be labeled a supervillain. While trying to get used to her powers, Penelope and her friends, are …
DNF.
I normally don’t rate my DNF’s, but I read enough of this book to give my full opinion on the writing and what did and didn’t work.
I wanted to like this book, really I did. But in the end, there were too many flaws that I couldn’t ignore that seriously affected my reading experience.
This book pulled me in because of its superhero …
I enjoyed the mix of magic and science superpowers and how well they are able to join together in a world of mystery, powers, and fighting.