What if you found out your deadbeat father is a superhero? Would you leave your small-town life to take up the mantle of a father you never knew? For 18-year-old Lucas, the choice is an easy one: he's not going to leave behind his mother and his comfortable, if dead-end, life as a high school dropout and auto mechanic for a father who's never been around. But his father—known officially as billionaire Clayton Hartwell, and secretly as the vigilante superhero the Raptor—tells Lucas that as he is dying, evil is growing, and the world needs Lucas to become the new Raptor. As Lucas spends time with his father observing his "heroic" behavior up close, he is left wondering about the line between good and evil, and if good is only a matter of perspective.

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Teen & Young Adult

Sniegoski, Tom

Literature & Fiction

Bluefire

What if your deadbeat dad was a superhero? What if you found out your deadbeat father is a superhero? Would you leave your small-town life to take up the mantle of a father you never knew? For 18-year-old Lucas, the choice is an easy one: he’s not going to leave behind his mother and his comfortable life for a father who’s never shown any interest in him. But his father—known officially as billionaire Clayton Hartwell, and secretly as the vigilante superhero The Raptor—tells Lucas that as he is dying, evil is growing, and the world needs Lucas to become the new Raptor. When Lucas’s mother is killed by mysterious warriors, he realizes that his father is right. Once in Seraph City, Lucas is stunned by the amount of poverty and crime. But after observing his father’s “heroic” behavior up close, Lucas is left wondering about the line between good and evil. And eventually, he must decide whether to take a stand against the one man who loves him in order to defend a world that desperately needs him.

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Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Billy Hooten: Owlboy

Billy Hooten is a weird kid. He gets beat up a lot, and spends the rest of his time doggedly trying to build a robot. One day, Billy Hooten hears a cry for help coming from the cemetery that borders his backyard. Against his better judgment, he runs toward it. And after that, everything changes for Billy Hooten. Because Billy Hooten, you see, is Owlboy. A quickthinking, goggle-and-feather-wearing superhero who protects the bizarre and monstrous citizens of Monstros City, a city that exists under Billy's hometown of Bradbury, Massachusetts. But is Billy truly worthy of the moniker Owlboy?From the Trade Paperback edition.

Yearling

Owlboy: The Girl with the Destructo Touch

One day, using the magical passage that will take him to Monstros City, Billy forgets to close the door to the crypt, and is followed by . . . Victoria. Oh, no. Victoria is Billy's neighbor, his constant shadow, and a huge pain in the butt. Worse, Monstros City seems to exaggerate the traits people have in Bradbury—and Victoria arrives in Monstros with something that Billy and Archebold name the Destructo Touch. Owlboy is supposed to protect Monstros City—but has he just introduced the agent of its destruction?From the Trade Paperback edition.

Billy Hooten #3: Tremble at the Terror of Zis-Boom-Bah (Owlboy)

WHAT’S SCARIER THAN the Sassafras Siblings and Rot-Toothed Hopping Monkey Demons? The answer, my friends, is old people. And Billy is forced to face his fears when his family picks up his Great-Aunt Tilley at Shady Acres to bring her home for the long weekend. Meanwhile, in Monstros City, a mysterious villain unleashes a legendarily destructive monster: the enormous Zis-Boom-Bah. Zis-Boom-Bah has the inhabitants of Monstros so riled up that the military wants to use the OMG (“oh my gosh!”) device, which will destroy Zis-Boom-Bah, but take half of Monstros with him. But Billy has a revolutionary idea . . . which leads him to a realization about the scariest Old Person at Shady Acres . . . From the Trade Paperback edition.

Action & Adventure

Billy Hooten #4: The Flock of Fury (Owlboy)

IN THE FLOCK OF FURY, Billy Hooten learns the strange—and horrifying—truth behind Monstros City’s woes. It turns out that all the supervillains Billy has encountered are under the hire of a super-SUPERvillain called the Monarch. The Monarch hates Billy—and with good reason. But when Billy learns the Monarch’s shocking true identity, will he be able to fight back against his most powerful foe yet?From the Trade Paperback edition.

What if your deadbeat dad was a superhero?What if you found out your deadbeat father is a superhero? Would you leave your small-town life to take up the mantle of a father you never knew? For 18-year-old Lucas, the choice is an easy one: he’s not going to leave behind his mother and his comfortable life for a father who’s never shown any interest in him. But his father—known officially as billionaire Clayton Hartwell, and secretly as the vigilante superhero The Raptor—tells Lucas that as he is dying, evil is growing, and the world needs Lucas to become the new Raptor. When Lucas’s mother is killed by mysterious warriors, he realizes that his father is right. Once in Seraph City, Lucas is stunned by the amount of poverty and crime. But after observing his father’s “heroic” behavior up close, Lucas is left wondering about the line between good and evil. And eventually, he must decide whether to take a stand against the one man who loves him in order to defend a world that desperately needs him.From the Hardcover edition.

WHAT’S SCARIER THAN the Sassafras Siblings and Rot-Toothed Hopping Monkey Demons? The answer, my friends, is old people. And Billy is forced to face his fears when his family picks up his Great-Aunt Tilley at Shady Acres to bring her home for the long weekend. Meanwhile, in Monstros City, a mysterious villain unleashes a legendarily destructive monster: the enormous Zis-Boom-Bah. Zis-Boom-Bah has the inhabitants of Monstros so riled up that the military wants to use the OMG (“oh my gosh!”) device, which will destroy Zis-Boom-Bah, but take half of Monstros with him. But Billy has a revolutionary idea . . . which leads him to a realization about the scariest Old Person at Shady Acres . . .

IN THE FLOCK OF FURY, Billy Hooten learns the strange—and horrifying—truth behind Monstros City’s woes. It turns out that all the supervillains Billy has encountered are under the hire of a super-SUPERvillain called the Monarch. The Monarch hates Billy—and with good reason. But when Billy learns the Monarch’s shocking true identity, will he be able to fight back against his most powerful foe yet?

Ever wonder what happened before the Bone cousins got lost in the uncharted forest of the Valley? Or how Boneville came to be? This is the hilarious companion to the epic BONE saga. Long before the Bone cousins were ever lost in the uncharted desert on the outskirts of the Valley, Big Johnson Bone, the discoverer of the Rolling Bone River, founded Boneville. But little is known of the mighty explorer's adventures before he started his famous trading post. So when Smiley Bone sits down with a group of young campers to retell the legendary stories of Boneville's origin and its tough, no-nonsense founder, what they hear are tall tales in typical BONE fashion--wild antics complete with rat creatures, dragons, and a snarky little monkey!

Tall Tales: A Graphic Novel (BONE Companion)

Smith,Jeff

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Billy Hooten: Owlboy

Owlboy: The Girl with the Destructo Touch

Billy Hooten #3: Tremble at the Terror of Zis-Boom-Bah (Owlboy)

Billy Hooten #4: The Flock of Fury (Owlboy)

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Billy Hooten #3: Tremble at the Terror of Zis-Boom-Bah (Owlboy)

Billy Hooten #4: The Flock of Fury (Owlboy)

Tall Tales: A Graphic Novel (BONE Companion)