How to Be a Supervillain
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By Michael Fry
Foreword by James Patterson
Read by Noah Smith
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In this rollicking middle-grade adventure and national bestseller, Michael Fry’s witty text and hysterical artwork combines superhero action with classic fish-out-of-water humor.
Victor Spoil comes from a long line of famous supervillains and he’s fully expected to join their ranks one day. But to his family’s utter disappointment, Victor doesn’t have a single bad-guy bone in his body. He won’t run with scissors, he always finishes his peas, and he can’t stand to be messy. Hopeless!
As a last-ditch effort before they give up and let him be a — gasp! — civilian, Victor’s exasperated parents send him to apprentice under a disgraced supervillain called The Smear. This matchup starts off as a complete disaster, but Victor and The Smear eventually find that they have a lot to learn from each other. When the stakes get high as Victor is forced to choose between his mentor and his family morals (or lack thereof) . . . what will the world’s nicest bad guy do?
Victor Spoil comes from a long line of famous supervillains and he’s fully expected to join their ranks one day. But to his family’s utter disappointment, Victor doesn’t have a single bad-guy bone in his body. He won’t run with scissors, he always finishes his peas, and he can’t stand to be messy. Hopeless!
As a last-ditch effort before they give up and let him be a — gasp! — civilian, Victor’s exasperated parents send him to apprentice under a disgraced supervillain called The Smear. This matchup starts off as a complete disaster, but Victor and The Smear eventually find that they have a lot to learn from each other. When the stakes get high as Victor is forced to choose between his mentor and his family morals (or lack thereof) . . . what will the world’s nicest bad guy do?
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Praise for How to Be a Supervillain:
A National Bestseller!An IndieBound Bestseller!A Parents' Choice Award(R) Winner! -
"The irreverent humor that middle graders relish will go a long way to capturing their interest. Superhero fans will enjoy this tongue-in-cheek take on the genre."School Library Journal
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"In this clever world, Over the Hedge comic-strip author Fry achieves an ideal balance of humor, poignancy, and zippy superhero/bad guy action, punctuated with frequent amusing black and white illustrations."Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
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"Fry has written a hilarious story about an unlikely hero and masterfully incorporates the illustrations into the narrative. Victor's story is sure to be a hit among reluctant readers and fans of illustrated novels."Booklist
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"This riotous story about heroes and villains will leave kids howling for more!"Lincoln Peirce, New York Times bestselling author of the BIG NATE series
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"Being bad at being bad has never been such good fun!"Chris Grabenstein, NYT Bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
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"Part novel, part comic, Michael Fry's humor shines in Victor Spoil's journey to discovering his true self!"Dan Santat, Caldecott-medal-winning author of The Adventures of Beekle and illustrator of the Mighty Robot series with Dav Pilkey
- On Sale
- May 2, 2017
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- ISBN-13
- 9781478915508
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