Powerless
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In a world of superheroes, the line between good and evil is always clear. Right?
Kenna is constantly surrounded by superheroes. Her best friend, her ex-boyfriend, practically everyone she knows has some talent or power. Kenna doesn't have a power. Sure, she's smart and independent, but surrounded by all the extraordinary, it's hard not feel very ordinary. And she's tired of it.
So when three villains break into the lab where she interns, Kenna refuses to be a victim. She stands her ground. She's not about to let criminals steal the research that will make her extraordinary too.
But in the heat of battle, secrets are spilled and one of the villains saves her life. Twice. Suddenly, everything Kenna thought she knew about good and evil, heroes and villains is upended. And to protect her life and those she loves, she must team up with her sworn enemies on a mission that will redefine what it means to be powerful and powerless...
The Hero Agenda Series:
Powerless (Book 1)
Relentless (Book 2)
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Tera Lynn Childs. (2015). Powerless. Sourcebooks.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Tera Lynn Childs. 2015. Powerless. Sourcebooks.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Tera Lynn Childs, Powerless. Sourcebooks, 2015.
MLA Citation (style guide)Tera Lynn Childs. Powerless. Sourcebooks, 2015.
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In a world of superheroes, the line between good and evil is always clear. Right?
Kenna is constantly surrounded by superheroes. Her best friend, her ex-boyfriend, practically everyone she knows has some talent or power. Kenna doesn't have a power. Sure, she's smart and independent, but surrounded by all the extraordinary, it's hard not feel very ordinary. And she's tired of it.
So when three villains break into the lab where she interns, Kenna refuses to be a victim. She stands her ground. She's not about to let criminals steal the research that will make her extraordinary too.
But in the heat of battle, secrets are spilled and one of the villains saves her life. Twice. Suddenly, everything Kenna thought she knew about good and evil, heroes and villains is upended. And to protect her life and those she loves, she must team up with her sworn enemies on a mission that will redefine what it means to be powerful and powerless...
The Hero Agenda Series:
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Relentless (Book 2)
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April 1, 2015
A teenager discovers that the line between superheroes and supervillains isn't as sharp as she supposed in this steamy collaboration. Kenna gets her first hints that something is rotten in the Superhero League when a trio of squabbling supervillains breaks into her genius mom's supposedly top-secret lab in a failed rescue attempt. Rescue? Who needs rescue? Kenna's world is about to be rocked: by the discovery that the supposedly upright superheroes are capturing and torturing villains; by the sight of her own goth-punk best friend, Rebel, snogging one of the burglars (!)-and also by newly met Draven, a "dark and scowly" villain with sexy stubble and whose "icy blue irises burn like the hottest flames," whose touch "sizzles," and whose lips...ah. Kenna suddenly finds herself a fugitive engaged, along with a crew of unlikely allies, in a series of schemes to free the captives. In addition to the flaring of romantic torches, the continual, testosterone-fueled bickering of the male cast members and laughable worldbuilding (superpowers come with convenient marker tattoos beneath the right ear for heroes or left for villains) provide at least mild entertainment. The present-tense tale hustles readers along to a climactic, inevitably far-from-decisive face-off. Unsurprisingly, Kenna turns out to be far from the unpowered "ordinary" she had been raised to believe she was. Readers beguiled by this fluff will need to stay tuned. (Romantic thriller. 12-15)
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Gr 7-10-Even though she doesn't have a superpower herself, Kenna has grown up immersed in superhero culture. After a group of villains break into her mother's lab, Kenna's outlook on the superhero world starts to unravel as she realizes that the do-gooders she has always admired are engaging in malicious deeds. Now she must work with the most unlikely of characters (villians!) in order to set things right. There is no shortage of action as this band of teenagers tries to sneak into several well-guarded facilities, but unfortunately other aspects of the novel don't hold together as well. Characters such as Kenna's rebellious best friend "Rebel" and her "dark-and-scowly" love interest are not very original or well developed. While teens in these situations may spend a lot of time arguing about what next step to take, too much of the novel is spent on the characters' bickering. The major theme explored here is the thin line between good and evil, and while there is an interesting parallel that can be drawn to the current actions of U.S. government organizations, most of Kenna's narrative is lacking in subtlety. With a cliff-hanger ending and plenty of dangling threads, there is ample opportunity for a sequel. Marie Lu's The Young Elites (Putnam, 2014) offers a more nuanced portrait of young superheroes and Cory Doctorow's Little Brother (Tor, 2008) presents a better glimpse into corrupt government behavior. VERDICT Fans of fast-paced action and superhero books may enjoy this, but readers looking for more complexity should search elsewhere.-Carrie Shaurette, Dwight-Englewood School, Englewood, NJ
Copyright 2015 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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In a world strictly bifurcated between heroes and villains, Kenna, raised by heroes, is a superpower-less anomaly. When a handsome teenage villain reveals that (surprise!) the heroes are actually pretty villainous, Kenna joins his mission. The predictable but nevertheless well-executed story unfolds in a small time frame, creating a propulsive sense of urgency, and a closing twist sets up an even higher-stakes sequel.(Copyright 2015 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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So when three villains break into the lab where she interns, Kenna refuses to be a victim. She stands her ground. She's not about to let criminals steal the research that will make her extraordinary too.
But in the heat of battle, secrets are spilled and one of the villains saves her life. Twice. Suddenly, everything Kenna thought she knew about good and evil, heroes and villains is upended. And to protect her life and those she loves, she must team up with her sworn enemies on a mission that will redefine what it means to be powerful and...
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