Super Bad by Kai Strand
The world is in chaos. Violence and thievery reign. And with the supers still balanced, it’s only getting worse. Without good versus evil, the supers care less and less. In order to restore purpose, the world needs its super heroes and its super villains, but the one who balanced them in the first place is missing.
Sandra’s concern over finding her brother, Jeff, isn’t her only problem. Her pathetic excuse for super powers has left her needing a new ankle. And though she’s still very much committed to her boyfriend, Source, she’s growing unreasonably attracted to Set, the boy who double crossed Jeff by stealing his girlfriend.
When Sandra is taken and held as bait by some kids who want to unbalance the super world, it becomes the inciting event that changes things for supers everywhere and forces them to answer the question, “Hero or villain?”
Excerpt
The classroom door
opened and Sandra glanced toward it, along with the thirty other kids in
the room. She snickered and raised her eyebrows at Lexa when a young
man wearing a Hermes costume, complete with wings fluttering on his
heels, floated in.
“I’m not gonna lie,” Lexa leaned over to whisper. “I hope a draft lifts his skirt so we can see what’s underneath.”
Sandra giggled. “My guess is bun huggers. Gold lame to match his shiny winged cap.”
Lexa waggled her eyebrows. “Shiny gold buns. I like.”
The teacher frowned at the young man. “Can I help you?”
“I have a delivery for Sandra Tohler.”
Sandra gulped. This
couldn’t be anything besides embarrassing. A tidal wave of heads turned
toward her causing her cheeks to flush with heat.
Seeing where everyone’s
attention settled, the Hermes guy floated between the rows of desks and
came to rest near hers. “Sandra Tohler?”
Reluctantly, she nodded.
He cleared his throat
before delivering a soliloquy in a clear, resonating voice that Sandra
was sure the students in classrooms across campus would hear.
“Sandra, oh Sandra, my lovely, stormy
vixen, hear my humble plea. Your essence has absorbed into my every
thought and now I wonder how I will sit for my exams. Will I answer
essay questions by describing the intense sable color of your hair, or
the enticing moss of your eyes that makes me imagine us lying in each
others arms in a fairy forest?”
Sandra’s forehead hit her desk with a loud thunk, her voice a mumble against the surface. “Please stop. Go away.”
But the Hermes guy
continued in his orator’s voice. “I’ve relived our kiss uncountable
times. Your lips were velvet soft, but demanding.”
A chorus of “Ooo,” erupted through the room.
Praise for the Book
I have enjoyed every minute I’ve spent with the characters of the Super Villain Academy world, but I have to say that this is my favorite book of the series. There’s action, romance, and a show down I didn’t see coming. –Mary Waibel, author
This is a great series and I am disappointed that it’s over. I will miss these characters. I may just have to reread the three books again! – Amazon customer
[Y]ou’re in for an exciting ride with Jeff and the other superheroes. Told from different point of view characters you get to see inside the heads of the major players. Sometimes that’s a bit scary. –Beverly McClure, author
When her children were young and the electricity winked out, Kai Strand gathered her family around the fireplace and they told stories, one sentence at a time. Her boys were rather fond of the ending, “And then everybody died. The end.” Now an award winning children’s author, Kai crafts fiction for kids and teens to provide an escape hatch from their reality. With a selection of novels for young adult and middle grade readers and a short story blog, Lightning Quick Reads, Kai entertains children of all ages, and their adults.
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