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SuperZero
Want to know how to be a Superhero? It's easy-peasy-choco-cheesy! But SuperZero, our ten-year-old hero, is the only student at the Superhero School who can't seem to find his superpowers. Every time he trys to save the town, he turns it upside down!
But when the Eggstremely Dangerous Eggster unleashes a truly diabolical weapon of mass destruction, it's left to SuperZero to foil his plans. Except, he's accidentaly locked himself up in a zoo. Now ... what to do?
Join SuperZero as he trips, tumbles and crashes through loony adventures with a vampire who hates blood, a dude who appears only in patches, a cutie who starts as a girl and ends as a snake, a dog that eats EVERYTHING in sight.
But when the Eggstremely Dangerous Eggster unleashes a truly diabolical weapon of mass destruction, it's left to SuperZero to foil his plans. Except, he's accidentaly locked himself up in a zoo. Now ... what to do?
Join SuperZero as he trips, tumbles and crashes through loony adventures with a vampire who hates blood, a dude who appears only in patches, a cutie who starts as a girl and ends as a snake, a dog that eats EVERYTHING in sight.
192 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2014
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January 5, 2022
Egged on by his mother, who’s convinced he has super powers, a ten-year old boy is admitted to the Superheroes School, where along with his new friends Anna Conda (a snake girl, with a tail), Blank (invisible, now and then and in bits), et al, the kid (who is also the narrator), begins to learn the ropes. Or not. There are adventures galore, secrets, a news reporter named Tara Rumpum, and finally a supervillain too whom our hero, Super Zero, must conquer.
We bought this book for our eight-year old for Christmas, and it sounded so delightful, I managed to read it even before the recipient of our gift got around to it. And yes, it is such a funny book; there’s all the clownishness and the nutty shenanigans one would expect of a book directed towards children of this age (Super Zero loses his undies in Chapter 1! Cow dung plays an important part in the proceedings!), and there are loads of spoofs of many of the more popular superhero tropes out there. Plus, delightful characters, ranging from a sweet but deaf old grandfather, to an obsessed mother…
Loads of fun. If you have an eight-nine year old with a whacky sense of humour to whom you’d like to gift a book, this is definitely one you should try.
We bought this book for our eight-year old for Christmas, and it sounded so delightful, I managed to read it even before the recipient of our gift got around to it. And yes, it is such a funny book; there’s all the clownishness and the nutty shenanigans one would expect of a book directed towards children of this age (Super Zero loses his undies in Chapter 1! Cow dung plays an important part in the proceedings!), and there are loads of spoofs of many of the more popular superhero tropes out there. Plus, delightful characters, ranging from a sweet but deaf old grandfather, to an obsessed mother…
Loads of fun. If you have an eight-nine year old with a whacky sense of humour to whom you’d like to gift a book, this is definitely one you should try.
December 29, 2020
SUPER ZERO
by
Jane De Suza
Author Jane De Suza is a legend in the genre of humor. If you want a good laugh, hunt out Jane's treasures the way you would Roald Dahl. Her wildly imaginative, super cool characters give you a rollicking time.
Ask my 11 year old bookworm grandson Inba who has been thrusting my gift of the SuperZero novels under my nose, 'Read it Gammy! Her ideas are zany! Tell Jane De Suza I'm her forever fan!' When you reach your target audience so surely, it's time to applaud.
What's unique about Super Zero? A regular kid being pushed into a Superhero School by a Mom who insists on discovering his hidden talents. A school where Vamp Iyer the vampire, Anna Conda the snake, Slime Joos and Blank (who disappears) come to class 'flying, sliding, climbing and ricocheting,' while he, wrapped in his cape does a banana-hop.
In his quest to get bitten like Spiderman to acquire superpowers, he gets chased by an angry goat 'Didn't want to get butted. Just bitten.'
Meet the Double Headmistress whose two heads can never agree. Head 1 - Boys and girls...
Head 2 - '...and mutants and subspecies...'
The chief trainer in their Flying Class is a common house Fly who imbibes a philosophy that rings true. 'You can be the biggest hero of them all. But only if you believe you are.'
Fly along with SuperZero's exuberant adventures. Foil the plans of the Eggstremely Dangerous Eggster and his weapons of mass destruction. Then nonchalantly remark with him...'It's easy-peasy lemon-squeezy!'
by
Jane De Suza
Author Jane De Suza is a legend in the genre of humor. If you want a good laugh, hunt out Jane's treasures the way you would Roald Dahl. Her wildly imaginative, super cool characters give you a rollicking time.
Ask my 11 year old bookworm grandson Inba who has been thrusting my gift of the SuperZero novels under my nose, 'Read it Gammy! Her ideas are zany! Tell Jane De Suza I'm her forever fan!' When you reach your target audience so surely, it's time to applaud.
What's unique about Super Zero? A regular kid being pushed into a Superhero School by a Mom who insists on discovering his hidden talents. A school where Vamp Iyer the vampire, Anna Conda the snake, Slime Joos and Blank (who disappears) come to class 'flying, sliding, climbing and ricocheting,' while he, wrapped in his cape does a banana-hop.
In his quest to get bitten like Spiderman to acquire superpowers, he gets chased by an angry goat 'Didn't want to get butted. Just bitten.'
Meet the Double Headmistress whose two heads can never agree. Head 1 - Boys and girls...
Head 2 - '...and mutants and subspecies...'
The chief trainer in their Flying Class is a common house Fly who imbibes a philosophy that rings true. 'You can be the biggest hero of them all. But only if you believe you are.'
Fly along with SuperZero's exuberant adventures. Foil the plans of the Eggstremely Dangerous Eggster and his weapons of mass destruction. Then nonchalantly remark with him...'It's easy-peasy lemon-squeezy!'
January 30, 2019
The narration is funny and intriguing. Any child who has watched Marvel characters, would understand what is expected and how Super Zero keeps failing. Its just like any ordinary school, where the pressure to perform keeps building on. Its all about an underdog becoming a superhero and in the process the author assures the kids its not tough if you have confidence and can rise above your shortcomings. Her flair for humour keeps us in peals and giggles all the way to the end. Throw in an adorable but monstrous dog and a kind but deaf grandpa, the story becomes even more hilarious. And how she has selected to educate the kids on spelling is another notable point. This book is funny and the short chapters will keep them tuned. The author "gets" the way a kid thinks and has given a good account of their anger, self empathy, surprises and every other emotion apt to the situation. Even the acknowledgements section, especially about the illustrator, was written creatively. I recommend this to the middle grade readers.
December 7, 2020
A must read for anyone who loves fun and Superheroes, COMEDY ACTION THRILLER★★★☆☆
March 27, 2015
Ranjit Lal reviews the book on Goodbooks: "Nine- and ten-year-olds hopefully don’t have to face too much exam stress, but in case they do (you never know!), this book is the perfect antidote. Frothy, breathless, roller-coaster wild, it kicks disbelief into the next galaxy, while slyly slipping in nuggets of wisdom every now and then – rather like bitter tablets concealed in a cheese sandwich tossed to your dog, or should we say here, BigaByte…
In a world infested with evil doers with incredible powers, it is only right that a generation of superhero kids be raised and taught to use their superpowers for the betterment of humankind. Our hero here is sent to one such school, by his doting mom who believes he has special powers. His dad would prefer he takes up basketball, and his grandpa being deaf and seemingly benign provides scope for much slapstick misunderstanding in the course of normal conversation. Superhero himself, despite his shower-curtain duckie underpants (or because of them), does not believe he has any superpowers, in spite of making paper planes (and homework) fly through windows when he gets very annoyed."
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In a world infested with evil doers with incredible powers, it is only right that a generation of superhero kids be raised and taught to use their superpowers for the betterment of humankind. Our hero here is sent to one such school, by his doting mom who believes he has special powers. His dad would prefer he takes up basketball, and his grandpa being deaf and seemingly benign provides scope for much slapstick misunderstanding in the course of normal conversation. Superhero himself, despite his shower-curtain duckie underpants (or because of them), does not believe he has any superpowers, in spite of making paper planes (and homework) fly through windows when he gets very annoyed."
Click here to read the full review: http://goodbooks.in/node/7052
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