How I Became a Super Hero

by Dan Greenburg

Book Overview

A new series begins as Max Silver, an ordinary kid, touches some radioactive space rocks in a museum, and becomes a superhero called Maximum Kid. Max's sister is jealous of the attention he gets. His... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439219442
• ISBN13: 9780439219440
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 85 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

funny fantasy adventure

Fans of Dan Greenburg's "Zack Files" series will happily devour books about Maximum Boy, a ten-year old who accidentally becomes a superhero after touching space rocks on a field trip. The books, told in the first person, are fast-paced, full of hyperbole, and engagingly absurd. In this first book, villains kidnap Manhattan by towing it out to sea. Parents will enjoy the matter-of-fact way in which Max's parents react to his superhero status, the short-sighted way in which New York's mayor rejects Max's help, Max's comments on the snooty characters of other superheroes, and a number of other light satirical touches. I might wish that Max's "kryptonite" was something other than mathematics, but kids will enjoy seeing him quivering weak as jelly whenever confronted with a word problem. For young readers who like humor, adventure, and books that are not too long, this series can be addictive.