SUPERPOWERS AND SUPERHEROES

SUPERPOWER BOOK LIST

BOARD BOOKS
Clive Is a Librarian (Clive series). Jessica Spanyol. Illus. Jessica Spanyol. ISBN. 9781846439896. Child’s
Play. 1-3

PICTURE BOOKS
50 Real Heroes for Boys. Christy Monson. Illus. Assorted. ISBN. 9781733633505. Bushel & Peck Books. 7-10
Alan Turing and the Power of Curiosity. Karla Valenti. Illus. Annalisa Beghelli. ISBN. 9781728220437.
Sourcebooks. 4-8
The Blue Spark. Aderemi Abosede, Taijah Evans, Makayla Sutton. Illus. Noam Paris. ISBN. 9780996927413.
Shout Mouse Press. 5-9
The Boy in the Orange Cape. Adam Ciccio. Illus. Emmanuel Volant. ISBN. 9781605375991. Clavis
Publishing. 5-9
Brown (My Alter Ego Is A Superhero). Håkon Øvreås. Illus. Øyvind Torseter. ISBN. 9781592702510.
Enchanted Lion Books. 6-10
Catalyst Prime: Seven Days. Gaile Simone. Illus. José Luís. ISBN. 9781549303036. Oni Press. 7-up
The Day I Lost My Superpowers. Michaël Escoffier. Illus. Kris Di Giacomo. ISBN. 9781592701445. Enchanted
Lion Books. 4-8
The Gumazing Gum Girl! Cover Blown (#4). Rhode Montijo. Illus. Luke Reynolds. ISBN. 9781368048170.
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 6-10
Hawk Mother: The Story of a Red-tailed Hawk Who Hatched Chickens. Written and illustrated by Kara
Hagedorn. ISBN. 9780988330375. Web of Life Children’s Books. 5-9
The Highest Tribute. Kekla Magoon. Illus. Laura Freeman. ISBN. 9780062912510. HarperCollins Children’s
Books. 4-8
High-Five to the Hero. VIta Murrow. Illus. Julia Bereciartu. ISBN. 9781786037824. The Quarto Group. 4-8
The Hoodie Hero. Ashley Cooper, Daequan Golden, Rico McCard. Illus. Lucia Lu. ISBN. 9780692300787.
Shout Mouse Press. 5-8
Humanimal: Amazing Ways Animals Are Just Like Us. Christopher Lloyd. Illus. Mark Ruffle.
ISBN. 9781912920013. What on Earth Books/Britannica Books. 7-12
Jacob’s Fantastic Flight. Written and illustrated by Philip Waechter. ISBN. 9781733121262. Blue Dot Kids
Press. 3-8
Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice. Nikki Grimes. Illus. Laura Freeman. ISBN. 9781534462670. Simon &
Schuster. 4-8
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Kate Warne, Pinkerton Detective. Marissa Moss. Illus. April Chu. ISBN. 9781939547330. Creston Books. 5-11
Life as a Mini Hero. Written and illustrated by Olivier Tallec. ISBN. 9781592702909. Enchanted Lion Books. 4-8
Little Heroes of Color. Written and illustrated by David Heredia. ISBN. 9781338326420. Scholastic. 2-4
Lola’s Super Club Volume 1: My Dad is a Super Secret Agent. Christine Beigel. Illus. Pierre Fouillet.
ISBN. 9781545805640. Papercutz Graphic Novel. 7-12
Manjhi Moves a Mountain. Nancy Churnin. Illus. Danny Popovici. ISBN. 9781939547347. Creston Books. 5-11
Marie Curie and the Power of Persistence. Karla Valenti. Illus. Annalisa Beghelli. ISBN. 9781728213569.
Sourcebooks. 4-8
Marvel Black Panther Wakanda Forever!. Julia March. ISBN. 9780744037135. DK. 5-7
Mr. Gringles Magical Wheelchair. Natalie Gonchar. Illus. Eduard Kotz. ISBN. 9781612543154. Brown Books
Publishing Group. 7-9
Nose Knows: Wild Ways Animals Smell the World. Emmanuelle Figueras. Illus. Claire de Gastold.
ISBN. 9781912920075. What on Earth Books / Britannica Books. 7-11
Odin, Dog Hero of the Fires. Emma Bland Smith. Illus. Carrie Salazar. ISBN. 9781513262949. West Margin
Press. 5-8
The One Day House. Julia Durango. Illus. Bianca Diaz. ISBN. 9781580897099. Charlesbridge. 3-7
The Only Living Girl Volume 1: The Island at the Edge of Infinity. David Gallaher. Illus. Steve Ellis.
ISBN. 9781545802021. Papercutz Graphic Novel. 7-11
Pedro’s Pan. Matthew Lasley. Illus. Jacob Souva. ISBN. 9781513261874. West Margin Press. 5-7
The Princess in Black and the Giant Problem. Shannon Hale and Dean Hale. Illus. LeUyen Pham.
ISBN. 9781536202229. Candlewick Press. 5-8
Real Superheroes. Julia Seal. ISBN. 9780744037012. DK. 3-5
Sci-Fu. Written and illustrated by Yehudi Mercado. ISBN. 9781620104729. Oni Press. 7-12
“Smelly” Kelly and His Super Senses: How James Kelly’s Nose Saved the New York City Subway. Beth
Anderson. Illus. Jenn Harney. ISBN. 9781684373994. Boyds Mills & Kane. 7-10
Soldier Bear. Bibi Dumon Tak. Illus. Philip Hopman. ISBN. 9780802854360. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 4-12
Someday is Now. Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich. Illus. Jade Johnson. ISBN. 9781633224988. Quarto
Kids. 6-9
Superhero Baby!. Patricia Hegarty. Illus. Alex Willmore. ISBN. 9781684640584. Kane Miller, A Division of EDC
Publishing. 4-8
Superhero School. Thierry Robberecht. Illus. Philippe Goossens. ISBN. 9781605371405. Clavis Publishing. 4-8
Superhero vs. School. Written and illustrated by Ethan Long. ISBN. 9781681198286. Bloomsbury Publishing. 3-6
Ten Beautiful Things. Molly Beth Griffin. Illus. Maribel Lechuga. ISBN. 9781580899369. Charlesbridge. 5-8
The Toot Fairy. Mark Huffman. Illus. Dawn Davidson. ISBN. 9781612544861. Brown Books Publishing Group. 7-9
True Tales of Animal Heroes: Onyx. Vita Murrow. Illus. Anneli Bray. ISBN. 9780711261457. The Quarto Group. 4-7
Wangari Maathai. Franck Prevot. Illus. Aurelia Fronty. ISBN. 9781580896269. Charlesbridge. 6-9
Women in Biology. Mary Wissinger. Illus. Danielle Pioli. ISBN. 9781945779091. Science, Naturally!. 7-10

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Women in Physics. Mary Wissinger. Illus. Danielle Pioli. ISBN. 9781945779114. Science, Naturally!. 7-10
Yao Bai and the Egg Pirates. Tim J. Myers. Illus. Bonnie Pang. ISBN. 9781513261447. West Margin Press. 6-9

MIDDLE GRADE
8th Grade Superzero. Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich. ISBN. 9780545097253. Scholastic. 9 -12
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team. Christina Soontornvat. ISBN.
9781536209457. Candlewick Press. 8-12
Black Panther: The Young Prince. Ronald L. Smith. ISBN. 9781368008495. Disney Publishing Worldwide. 8-12
Cat Ninja. Matthew Cody. Illus. Yehudi Mercado. ISBN. 9781524860943. Andrews McMeel Publishing. 7-10
The Dark Lord Clementine. Sarah Jean Horwitz. ISBN. 9781616208943. Algonquin Young Readers. 9-13
Dolphin Girl 1: Trouble in Pizza Paradise. Zach Smith. ISBN. 9781645950172. Pixel+Ink. 8-12
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. Kate DiCamillo. Illus. K. G. Campbell. ISBN. 9780763687649.
Candlewick Press. 8-12
Friends of Liberty. Beatrice Gormley. ISBN. 9780802854186. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 9-14
Gilgamesh the Hero. Geraldine McCaughrean. Illus. David Parkins. ISBN. 9780802852625. Wm. B.
Eerdmans Publishing Co. 11-15
*Inventing the American (Superhero) Dream. Erin Keepers. Illus. Ross Radke. Pop Culture Classroom. 9-up
The Jumbies. Tracey Baptiste. ISBN. 9781616205928. Algonquin Young Readers. 9-12
Laser Moose and Rabbit Boy. Doug Savage. ISBN. 9781449470944. Andrews McMeel Publishing. 7-12
Lightning Girl. Alesha Dixon with Katy Birchall. Illus. James Lancett. ISBN. 9781684640782. Kane Miller,
A Division of EDC Publishing. 9-12
March trilogy. John Lewis, Andrew Aydin. Illus. Nate Powell. Top Shelf Productions. 13-16
Max Meow Book 1: Cat Crusader. John Gallagher. ISBN. 9780593121054. Random House Children’s Books. 7-10
Mighty Meg 1: Mighty Meg and the Magical Ring. Sammy Griffin. Illus. Micah Player. ISBN. 9781499808315.
Little Bee Books. 6-8
*Minoru Yasui: A Japanese American Hero. Gil Askawa. Illus. Nicky Soh. Pop Culture Classroom. 9-up
The Monster Sisters and the Mystery of the Unlocked Cave. Written and illustrated by Gareth Gaudin.
ISBN. 9781459822269. Orca Book Publishers. 9-12
The Oddmire, Book 1: Changeling. William Ritter. ISBN. 9781643750330. Algonquin Young Readers. 8-12
School For Extraterrestrial Girls Volume 1: Girl on Fire. Jeremy Whitley. Illus. Jamie Noguchi. ISBN.
9781545804926. Papercutz Graphic Novel. 8-12
The Serpent’s Secret (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond #1). Sayantani DasGupta. ISBN. 9781338185706.
Scholastic. 8-12
This Is Your Time. Ruby Bridges. ISBN. 9780593378526. Random House Children’s Books. 10-up
Thomas Creeper and the Gloomsbury Secret. J.R. Potter. ISBN. 9781646030590. Fitzroy Books (imprint of
Regal House Publishing). 9-12

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Tight. Torrey Maldonado. ISBN. 9781524740573. Penguin Young Readers. 10-up

Yet Another Dreadful Fairy Book. Jon Etter. ISBN. 9781948705622. Chicago Review Press. 9-12
You Got This!. Maya S. Penn. ISBN. 9781501123719. Simon & Schuster. 8-14

YOUNG ADULTS
Black Canary: Breaking Silence. Alexandra Monir. ISBN. 9780593178317. Random House Children’s Books. 12-up
Double Victory. Cheryl Mullenbach. ISBN. 9781613735237. Chicago Review Press. 12-up
The Extraordinaries. TJ Klune. ISBN. 9781250203656. Tor Teen. 13-18
Faith: Taking Flight. Julie Murphy. ISBN. 9780062899651. HarperCollins Children’s Books. 13-up
Infinity Reaper. Adam Silvera. ISBN. 9780062882318. HarperCollins Children’s Books. 14-up
The League of Super Feminists. Mirion Malle, Translated by Aleshia Jensen. Illus. Mirion Malle.
ISBN. 9781770464025. Drawn & Quarterly. 12-up
The Many Faces of Josephine Baker. Peggy Caravantes. ISBN. 9781613730348. Chicago Review Press. 12-up
Miles Morales: Spider-Man. Jason Reynolds. ISBN. 9781484787489. Disney Publishing Worldwide. 12-18
Nubia: Real One. LL McKinney. ISBN. 9781401296407. DC Comics. 14-up
Okay, Universe. Valérie Plante, Translated by Helge Dascher. Illus. Delphie Côté-Lacroix.
ISBN. 9781770464117. Drawn & Quarterly. 14-up
Shadow Frost. Coco Ma. ISBN. 9781982527440. Blackstone Publishing. 12-18
The Seventh Sun. Lani Forbes. ISBN. 9781799956358. Blackstone Publishing. 12-17
The Unstoppable Wasp: Built On Hope. Sam Maggs. ISBN. 9781368054652. Disney Publishing Worldwide. 12-18

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