Superheroes

A list of suggested titles for this summer's Reading is an Adventure Challenge: Superheroes. Features picture books, chapter books, and graphic novels.

Updated June 24, 2024
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Stranded on planet strip mall!
Angleberger, Tom
Paper Book
Rocket (that's me) and Groot (that's him) have been shipwrecked on a mysterious planet filled with dry cleaners, nail salons, ninety-nine cent stores, ninety-eight cent stores, chain restaurants, killer robots bent on customer service, and way too many raccoon-eating toilets! We are badly injured...
Marvel Avengers endgame : the pirate angel, the talking tree, and Captain Rabbit
Behling, Steve
Paper Book
An original middle grade novel that alternates between Rocket, Groot, and Thor's trip to Nidavellir and Rocket's journal entries, this is the perfect lead-up to Marvel Studios' Avengers: Endgame. WHACK! When a mystery man lands smack-dab on the front...
Orientation
Chhibber, Preeti
Paper Book
A diverse cast of characters -- Kamala Khan (Ms. Marvel), Miles Morales (Spider-Man), and Doreen Green (Squirrel Girl) -- team up in their first-ever middle-grade series told through comics, in-world artifacts, and more!Kamala Khan was an average middle school kid. That is, until a cloud called a...
Super Fly : the world's smallest superhero!
Doodler, Todd H
Paper Book
From just a tiny larva in diapers to . . . SUPER FLY! This is the story of Eugene Flystein, a small and nerdy, mildmannered housefly, who also happens to be the world's smallest superhero and humanity's greatest crime fighter. SUPER FLY!- Able to stop tornadoes from destroying towns with just...
The super life of Ben Braver
Emerson, Marcus
Paper Book
Ben Braver is selected to go to a school for children with super powers even though he doesn't actually have a super power... A hilarious adventure series about super powers, unbelievable inventions, and the greatness that lies within any kid who dreams big.
How to be a supervillain /
Fry, Michael,
Paper Book
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...
Max Meow :
Gallagher, John,
Paper Book
A USA TODAY Bestseller! Meet a secret superhero with CAT-ITUDE--Max Meow, Cat Crusader--in this purr-fectly awesome, hiss-sterically funny graphic novel series just right for fans of Dog Man and InvestiGators! Max is just a regular cat in Kittyopolis, trying to make...
Princess in black.
Hale, Shannon.
Paper Book
Who says princesses don't wear black? When trouble raises its blue monster head, Princess Magnolia ditches her flouncy dresses and becomes the Princess in Black! Princess Magnolia is having hot chocolate and scones with Duchess Wigtower when . . . Brring! Brring! The...
Cape
Hannigan, Kate.
Ebook
Superhero dad
Knapman, Timothy
Paper Book
A vibrant, humorous and warmhearted celebration of all the incredible things a dad can do. A soon-to-be-classic book about the specialness of dad (and their superhero sons!).
The epic origin of super potato
Laperla (Artist)
Ebook
Super Max has it all. He's a superhero with a flashy uniform and a great head of hair. Sure, sometimes the evil Dr. Malevolent pops up to cause trouble. But Super Max has defeated the villain over and over again. This time is different. This time, Dr. Malevolent's plan works . . . and he...
The super awful superheroes of Classroom 13
Lee, Honest
Paper Book
As heard by kids everywhere on the Echo Dot Kids Edition, the Classroom 13 books are a hilarious new chapter book series-perfect for reluctant readers and fans of Roald Dahl, Captain Underpants, and Sideways Stories from Wayside School. The Super Awful Superheroes of Classroom...
Leon the Extraordinary
Nicholas, Jamar
Paper Book
Leon is an ordinary kid who becomes extraordinary when he fights a supervillain to save his school! "Leon is a superhero, whose powers are kindness and common sense. It's a really good book about a really good kid!" -- Jerry Craft, author and illustrator of New Kid ...
Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun
Okogwu, Tọlá
Paper Book
Black Panther meets Percy Jackson in this action-packed superhero series about a British-Nigerian girl who learns that her Afro hair has psychokinetic powers. Soon to be a feature film with a major streamer!  Check out the complete series - Onyeka...
The unforgettable Logan Foster
Peters, Shawn
Ebook
Packed with superheroes, supervillains, and epic showdowns between good and evil, The Unforgettable Logan Foster from debut author Shawn Peters shows that sometimes being a hero is just about being yourself. Logan Foster has pretty much given up on the idea of ever being adopted. It could...
The adventures of Captain Underpants
Pilkey, Dav
Paper Book
Fourth graders George Beard and Harold Hutchins invent the wedgie-powered superhero Captain Underpants in the first book in this #1 New York Times bestselling series by Dav Pilkey, the author and illustrator of Dog Man!George and Harold are a couple of class clowns. The only thing they enjoy...
Stuntboy, in the meantime
Reynolds, Jason
Paper Book
A Schneider Family Award Honor Book for Middle Grade From Newbery Medal honoree and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a hilarious, hopeful, and action-packed middle grade novel about the greatest young superhero you've never heard of, filled with...
Diana and the underworld odyssey
Saeed, Aisha
Paper Book
The world's #1 female Super Hero, Wonder Woman, is back in another breathtaking adventure! This time, Diana will travel to the Underworld to take on Hades--but will she make it out alive? After Diana thwarts a stunning attempt to defeat the Amazons and Themyscira for good, she...
My brother is a superhero
Solomons, David
Paper Book
Behind every great superhero is a very angry younger brother. Luke Parker was just your average comic book fan until his boring, teacher's pet, helps-old-ladies-across-the-street brother Zack got turned into a superhero. Luke can't believe the unfairness of it all--he's...
Shuri : a Black Panther novel
Stone, Nic
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes an all-new upper middle grade series based on one of the Marvel Universe's break-out characters--Shuri, from Black Panther!An original, upper-middle-grade series starring the break-out character from the Black Panther comics and films: T...
Shuri : the vanished
Stone, Nic
Paper Book
Shuri, the Princess of Wakanda (and sister to the Black Panther), sets out to save a group of kidnapped girls in this all-new, original middle-grade novel by New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone! With the heart-shaped herb thriving, a group of Wakanda's finest engineers working on...
Superhero Joe and the creature next door
Weitzman, Jacqueline Preiss.
Paper Book
"Super Joe is super fun from beginning to end" (Children's Literature)--and now he's back for another adventure. One quiet morning, in a small town, a moving van arrives and brings the creature next door! Where did it come from? Why is it here? From his window...
Mia Mayhem is a superhero!
West, Kara
Paper Book
Meet Mia Macarooney, an ordinary eight-year-old who finds out she has an extraordinary super-secret in this first chapter book in the brand-new Mia Mayhem series! Mia Macarooney is a regular eight-year-old girl who finds out that she's A SUPERHERO! Her life literally goes...
Shang-Chi and the quest for immortality
Ying, Victoria
Paper Book
Marvel break-out Shang-Chi sets off to unlock the keys to immortality and save his father in this all-new, original graphic novel adventure! Twelve-year-old Shang-Chi and and his younger sister, Shi-Hua, are the only children in the grand palace of the Five Weapons Society. Their father, Zheng-Zu...

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