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The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Boy, Book 1: The Hero Revealed | 
| Author: William Boniface
Creator: Stephen Gilpin
Publisher: HarperCollins
Category: Book
List Price: $16.89
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 1588729
Media: Library Binding
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 304
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.7 x 1
ISBN: 0060774657
EAN: 9780060774653
ASIN: 0060774657
Publication Date: June 1, 2006
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Condition: BookCloseouts scratch & dent version. New book that may have some cosmetic damage (i.e. shelf-wear, torn or missing dust jacket, dented corner...). Otherwise excellent specimen - guaranteed!
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Product Description
YIKES! Professor Brain-Drain is on the loose! This supervillain menaces the fine supercitizens of Superopolis, concocting evil-genius schemes and draining everyone's brainpower! (And in this town, there's not a whole lot of that to begin with.) NEVER FEAR! The AMAZING INDESTRUCTO will save the day! He is indestructible! He cannot be harmed by anything! He is the town's greatest superhero! Collect all sixty-four of his trading cards! BUT WAIT! A mystery is afoot in Superopolis. Why is it so hard to get a complete set of the collectible cards? Where is the last card hiding? Who is the real mastermind behind this sinister plot, and what is he planning? Forget the regular superheroes. In a city where everyone is extraordinary, this might just be a job for . . . ORDINARY BOY.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
AWESOME!!!! March 9, 2008
I really loved this book!! I could barely put it down. It had a great moral: everyone has something special. Anyone I've talked to that's read it has loved it.
Finally, my son enjoys reading! March 7, 2008
Carla S. Rose (New York City)
My 3rd grade son has never liked to read until he discovered the Captain Underpants series. When a friend (also a reading specialist) told me "The Adventures of Ordinary Boy" is a book that her son hid under the sheets with a flashlight to read after lights out, I ordered one. It is the first chapter book my son picks up to read voluntarily. I am thrilled that he is learning that reading can be fun.
Oh, Joy! A Book Boys will WANT to read!! October 21, 2007
Mom of Sons (Buffalo, NY)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My 11-year-old read this book over a weekend. He raved about it. Yes - I said my 11-year-old SON raved about a book. It isn't easy to find books boys will like these days, especially after they've finished all their Harry Potters. I'll be getting #2 Ordinary Boy asap.
Worth Reading Over and Over June 20, 2007
nice guy (Heltonville IN USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I stood in line for a free autographed copy of this book at the annual Book Expo last year so that I'd have something to bring home to my kids. I will gladly pay full retail for the chance to read the second installment. My 5-year old son and 7-year old daughter both loved it as a read-aloud bedtime story. The humor was delightfully age appropriate for all three of us (and I'm 50). The pictures captured just the right blend of superhero and silliness. We all tried to solve the mystery along with Ordinary Boy and his friends. It was great fun.
A year later, my daughter says she re-reads this book whenever she runs out of library books, and wants to know when the next book is coming out. Though the second book is probably at the library by now, I'm going to order one from Amazon so she can re-read it while waiting for the third volume. I hope they keep them coming!
This book got my 10yr old to read a book on his own May 12, 2007
C. R. Torre (Washington, NJ)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Great book. The characters are very creative. There are pictures of the charaters too.
The storyline is about trading cards. My 10yr old son can totally relate and couldn't put the book down. Not only did he read, he understood the excitement of finding "THE" card everyone in the book was looking for.
Just a note, I could not find this book in any bookstore in my area, which really surprised me because it's a great read and it's hard to find such great & interesting stories for boys. So Kudo's to Amazon.
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