Of Heroes and Villains

By Mark Delaney

Book Overview

Meet Misfits, Inc. Investigations: Peter, the genius; Jake, the athlete; Byte, the computer whiz; Mattie, the magician.

These four teenage super-sleuths have a knack for uncovering and solving unsolvable crimes. In their second case, the team is mysteriously summoned to a comic book convention, where they anticipate the premiere of the exclusive new Hyperman superhero movie. At the convention, the Jester (a comic book villain come-to-life) terrorizes the audience and commits a daring crime.

When the Misfits attempt to solve the Jester's riddle, they discover that someone close to them may be involved in the heist. As they draw dangerously close to unmasking the villain, the Misfits uncover a longtime wrong that only they can right.

Featuring an engaging group of outcasts with varied interests, each book in the Misfits series offers an intriguing mystery, supported by Delaney's well-paced plot and believable dialogue, that will keep readers captivated to the very end.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561451789
• ISBN13: 9781561451784
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

Esponage and Friends

This epic tale of friend ship and myserty, is a wonderful next book form the series. This book has the same characters as the first book and then has one more characters that is olny in this bookbut, is also mention in the next book. All to gather this book is a great summer reading novel.

Hyperman and Jester

misfits,inc, a serect society of high school outcasts dedicated to solving mysteries that no one else can... When the Misfits are mysteriously summoned to a comic book convention, they see a daring crime comitted by a comic book character come-to-life. As Peter, Byte, Jake and Mattie try to solve the Jester's riddle and unmask the villain, they uncover a longtime wrong that only they can right. As they probed further into the msytery, danger befell them. Peter and Robin Sutter were trapped in a room with two dangerous armed men. Will they escape? This story was smartly written, the chracters are believable and the action is heart-pounding.

An Excellent Mystery

This book has been one of the best mysteries I have ever read. Most mysteries written for young adults involve a retro blond girl or two brothers. (who will remain anonymous) But 'Of Heroes and Villians' was an excellent book, the plot twisted, the characters developed, and an old man came to a truth he had been searching for for years. I started it skeptically, perhaps I was judging a book by its cover. I still had that reader-intuition that it would be good. I was right. I praise this book for being the most creatively written, brilliantly woven, dare I say intellectual, mystery I have read in all of my twelve years. I will be eagerly awaiting for 'Misfits, Inc. No. 3'