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DC Super Hero Girls #3
Batgirl at Super Hero High
Get your cape on with the DC Super Hero Girls™— the unprecedented new Super Hero universe especially for girls! Readers of all ages can fly high with the all-new adventures of Wonder Woman™, Supergirl™, Batgirl™, and some of the world’s most iconic female super heroes as high schoolers! Batgirl has always hidden in the shadows—but does she have what it takes to stand in the spotlight at Super Hero High? Barbara Gordon has always been an off-the-charts, just-forget-about-the-test super-genius and tech whiz, and then she gets the offer of a lifetime when Supergirl recognizes that Barbara’s talents make her an ideal candidate for Super Hero High. Donning the cape and cowl, Barbara Gordon becomes Batgirl, ready to train at the most elite school on the planet, next to some of the most powerful teenagers in the galaxy. She’s always had the heart of a hero . . . but now she’ll have to prove that she can be one. Good thing she loves a challenge! Award-winning author Lisa Yee brings mystery, thrills, and laughs to this groundbreaking series that follows DC Comics most iconic female Super Heroes and Super-Villains. Move over Batman™ and Superman™—the DC Super Hero Girls are ready to save the day and have fun doing it! Praise for DC Super Hero “Sure to have wide appeal, this book is a solid option to balance collections saturated with male superheroes.” - School Library Journal
238 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 3, 2017
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About the author
Lisa Yee
40 books557 followersLisa Yee has written over 20 novels. Her most recent book, Maizy Chen's Last Chance, is about a fifth-generation Chinese American girl, and is a National Book Award Finalist, Newbery Honor, and the Asian Pacific American Children's Literature Award winner.
Lisa's debut novel, Millicent Min, Girl Genius, won the prestigious Sid Fleischman Humor Award. Other books include Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time, Absolutely Maybe, and a series about a 4th grader, Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally) and Bobby the Brave (Sometimes), illustrated by Dan Santat.
Lisa is also the author of several American Girl books and the DC Super Hero Girls series. A Thurber House Children’s Writer-in-Residence, Lisa's books have been named a NPR Best Summer Read, Sports Illustrated Kids Hot Summer Read, and USA Today Critics’ Top Pick.
Lisa lives In Western Massachusetts, but spends a lot of time in Los Angeles, especially when it's cold. Her next book, an awkward and hilarious mystery, is called The Misfits: A Royal Conundrum, and is illustrated by Dan Santat.
You can visit Lisa at www.lisayee.com.
Lisa's debut novel, Millicent Min, Girl Genius, won the prestigious Sid Fleischman Humor Award. Other books include Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time, Absolutely Maybe, and a series about a 4th grader, Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally) and Bobby the Brave (Sometimes), illustrated by Dan Santat.
Lisa is also the author of several American Girl books and the DC Super Hero Girls series. A Thurber House Children’s Writer-in-Residence, Lisa's books have been named a NPR Best Summer Read, Sports Illustrated Kids Hot Summer Read, and USA Today Critics’ Top Pick.
Lisa lives In Western Massachusetts, but spends a lot of time in Los Angeles, especially when it's cold. Her next book, an awkward and hilarious mystery, is called The Misfits: A Royal Conundrum, and is illustrated by Dan Santat.
You can visit Lisa at www.lisayee.com.
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April 10, 2017
Another solid entry into the series. Now, when I tell my daughter she's too young for something, or that something is too dangerous, she grumbles that I'm just like Commissioner Gordon. Little does she know I take that as a compliment...
April 21, 2019
Read this with my daughter and she said to give it five stars. So there ya go
January 29, 2018
Barbara Gordon begins her career at Super Hero High as the part time tech representative. She works in the tech department and helps fix any glitches. After helping the school defeat Granny Goodness and the furies Amanda 'The Wall' Waller extends an invite for her alter ego, Batgirl, to attend Super Hero High.
This book is not only about the adventures of fitting into Super Hero High as the only student without super powers, but also about earning the acceptance from her dad, Commissioner Gordon, that she wants to live a life combatting criminals. You follow Batgirl through this book as she learns to balance her many classes and duties at Super Hero High, while also trying to convince her dad that she is more than capable of kicking the butts of criminals, and of course destroying the plans of criminals intent on destroying the world.
This is a cute book and fits with the entire DC Super Hero High world that DC has created. It is a book about friendship and learning to work as a team that also expands on how important technology can be. I think it is a very empowering book for young girls and boys! I will definitely have to read some of the other books from this series.
This book is not only about the adventures of fitting into Super Hero High as the only student without super powers, but also about earning the acceptance from her dad, Commissioner Gordon, that she wants to live a life combatting criminals. You follow Batgirl through this book as she learns to balance her many classes and duties at Super Hero High, while also trying to convince her dad that she is more than capable of kicking the butts of criminals, and of course destroying the plans of criminals intent on destroying the world.
This is a cute book and fits with the entire DC Super Hero High world that DC has created. It is a book about friendship and learning to work as a team that also expands on how important technology can be. I think it is a very empowering book for young girls and boys! I will definitely have to read some of the other books from this series.
March 4, 2017
In this continuous of the SuperHero Girls series, Batgirl--Barbara Gordon--finally manages to persuade her father to let her attend and then board at Super Hero High. But as talented, smart, heroic, and determined as she is, the work is hard and keeps her busy all the time. While she makes many friends among her classmates and even befriends a small bat, she also makes at least one enemy who tries to thwart her at every step and make her look like the villain she is not. Readers in intermediate grades will enjoy all the challenges Batgirl has to overcome, including her father's fears that she will be hurt or die, and some of the unrealistic demands her classmates place on her for help. While the book isn't for everyone, it does have its charms for a certain audience. After all, who doesn't like a kick-ass heroine?
December 31, 2021
This was another cute entry to the series. Barbara gets the opportunity to be a student instead of just work at Super Hero High. Her dad, as a police commissioner, is less than enthused at his daughter being on the front line of danger but they compromise. I will say, the formula of the new student not quite fitting in and doubting themselves is pretty tired as this is the third of three that they've done this trope. There was also so much going on that was kind of brushed over or quickly explained that made little to no sense. But it is a middle grade book so I can ignore the gaping plot holes and just enjoy a story about a female who likes technology and values brains above all else. :)
November 1, 2020
Al principio parece un libro de superhéroes normal y corriente, pero a medida que vas avanzando te das cuenta, de que no sólo es un libro de superhéroes. También es un libro de amistad, confianza, respeto, sorpresas...
Batgirl es una superheroina que no tiene las habilidades normales de un superhéroe (fuerza, visión especial, velocidad...), Batgirl utiliza su ingenio y su inteligencia igual que sus conocimientos para concertirse en una súper.
Batgirl es una superheroina que no tiene las habilidades normales de un superhéroe (fuerza, visión especial, velocidad...), Batgirl utiliza su ingenio y su inteligencia igual que sus conocimientos para concertirse en una súper.
October 10, 2017
First Paragraph(s): Oh, sure, there were injuries. Lumps and bruises were an occupational hazard. Sometimes it was because a muscle-bound metahuman was momentarily careless when working out in Wildcat’s phys ed class. Or because a flyer took a turn a tad too sharply and slammed into a wall (or a fellow student or the cafeteria) at full speed. Or because of something like what had just happened: an invading interstellar alien army had targeted the student population for total enslavement to the powers of evil…which was all part of the daily routine at Super Hero High School. And most of the super heroes in training loved it.
Now, as the young heroes flew, ran, stretched, strolled, and teleported into the auditorium, they laughed and congratulated each other. They admired their new casts and bandages and bruises. Never had so many been so sore—and so happy about it.
Lisa Yee is a middle grade author I've wanted to feature here since I read her wonderful Millicent Min, Girl Genius and she'll be here on Thursday, so look forward to that. When I saw she was writing the Super Hero High series, I wanted to read it at once (and so will you when I tell you more). Batgirl and Supergirl are two of my favorite characters and Lisa Yee is an author I admire, so I knew I was in for a treat. And this was the perfect book for me to read in preparation for my own project.
What a fun series this is! It's clever and hit all the right notes for a middle grade book for girls about girls that can also amuse a grown man who still likes his comics. Super Hero High is like Hogwarts if Hogwarts had way cooler students based on DC characters. Personally, I would never want to go back to high school unless it was Super Hero High, and then I might consider it, because I'd love to take these classes:
In PE, instead of running laps around a track, they were often asked to run laps around the city. And in Weaponomics, they were learning about devices that could cause mass destruction—or save the world. As the school’s part-time tech wizard, Batgirl had seen it all.
As Principal Amanda Waller warns Barbara Gordon, A.K.A. Batgirl:
This isn’t like your old high school. Here, we train students to save lives, make the world a better place, and lead by example. There are villains who will aim to bring you and the world down. We have to be prepared for that.”
Obviously, as Amanda Waller is principal of a high school, Super Hero High is set in its own continuity separate from any other DC story. Although I can't say for certain as Harley Quinn's Super Hero High book doesn't come out until January, I'm guessing she didn't fall in love with the Joker after obtaining her doctorate in kindergarten. I'm also betting money that Batgirl won't be shot in the spine and paralyzed before the end of the series, though Yee does endow her with all the technical know how she'll need if she ever does become Oracle.
In this version of the DC Universe, Dr. Arkham is a school counselor, which strikes me as rather ominous. More fun, Crazy Quilt is teaching costume making, and Red Tornado and Comissioner James Gordon are on the faculty as well (more on him in a moment). Steve Trevor is working at the local Capes and Cowls Cafe and wouldn't you know it, Batgirl's classmate Wonder Woman (the girl) has a crush on him. The reader is running into other characters from the DC universe every other chapter, sometimes literally:
“Barbara reporting to Supergirl. Supergirl, do you read me?”
Her wafer-thin com bracelet crackled before she heard “Oops, ouch! Sorry! Sorry.” There was a moment of silence, followed by a loud thud, and then Supergirl’s voice came in. “Hey there, BFF. I flew too fast and The Flash was running too fast and we had a major collision. But we’re both okay. At least, I think we are. He looks sort of wobbly. What’s up?”
Sorry fellas, but the focus of this series is on the female characters of the DCU, most of them as teenagers. Aside from the Flash and Cyborg, I didn't spot a teenage Auquaman, or even Robin. But I think I would've enjoyed this series even as a teenage boy as superheroes of both sexes make for the most fun adventures.There are plenty of stories focusing on teenage Superman, but that's for another series.
Yee is careful to maintain the essential essence of every character in the DCU without being a slave to the source material. Yes, Harley's a bit crazy, but mostly about media and her own fame, and one gets the sense that in this version of the DCU, she might grow up to be... not good, exactly, but not bad bad either. As for Barbara Gordon, who mostly goes by the name Batgirl in school, Yee has lots of fun along the way with an oh-so-slight rearranging of her mythology:
Batgirl was relieved that she got to keep her annex, or as she referred to it, her Barbara-Assisted Technology Bunker. This was also called the Bat-Bunker.
Of all the characters present, I felt that Batgirl was the most true to her comic book self. When Red Tornado insists the teen super heroes learn to drive non-super-people vehicles so they can blend in as necessary (half of them will grow up to have secret identities, after all), Barbara naturally chooses the motorcycle, because it is her destiny.
Yee wisely shifts the novel's focus from the superhero aspects of our teen superheroes' lives to the more universal situations faced even by regular human teenagers without superpowers. At the end of the day, this is primarily a story about a girl and her father readers know from Batman comics, which is what most Batgirl stories have always been about. Commissioner Gordon wants his little girl to be safe and needs to learn to back off, Barbara Gordon wants to be a super hero, but needs to remember her father cares about her and has her best interest at heart. Though I did find it quite funny that Gordon, who is on the faculty at Super Hero High, wants his daughter to go to Gotham City High School where she'll be safe. It's like, Bro, do you even read Batman comics?
What makes Yee's version of Batgirl all the more interesting is that she employs an intellectual response to her problems the same as her young readers can. This is how she handles her father's objections to her attending a school for superheroes:
Barbara knew she couldn’t argue with her dad’s feelings. She also knew he couldn’t argue with facts. Employing complex computer graphs and charts featuring a matrix of statistics to support her argument and supplemented by state-of-the-art videos, she worked deep into the night.
The next day was Saturday. That afternoon Barbara invited her father into the living room. Her presentation took over an hour, and as Commissioner Gordon sat in his favorite chair nodding, neither smiling nor frowning, Barbara piled fact upon fact and reason upon reason as to why she should be allowed to go to Super Hero High.
It's good that Barbara is ready to use her brain, as she's at a school where most of the students outmatch her in the brawn department. Most of her fellow students "were born with powers, or developed special skills at a young age. Her peers had been nurtured at super hero preschools, then super hero elementary and middle schools. Conversely, Batgirl was a latecomer and had to make up for a lot of lost time."
In doing everything she can to fit in with superheroes, not to mention running most of the school's IT needs, and taking care of a sick bat, and also competing in a reality show, Batgirl runs herself down and has to learn how to manage her time and her life, which is a lesson needed by most teens and their parents and everyone:
“People think I’m stressed,” she told him. “But really, I’m not. Okay, okay, maybe a little. Sometimes. But not all the time. Not when I’m asleep!” She let out a too-loud laugh. Batgirl kept dreaming about all the things she was supposed to get done and would wake up exhausted
Batgirl at Super Hero High is a fun story filled with beloved characters used in new and interesting ways. It's chock full of humor and charm and soars high (look at me, I'm Gene Shalit!). Although, even in the fantastical world of the DCU, one still runs across the occasional troll.
“NO!” he yelled. The sides of his mouth curled downward and there was insult in his eyes. “Not you!”
Batgirl stopped.
“In my day, super heroes could fly and move buildings, and were all men. NOT GIRLS!” Mr. Morris grumbled.
Batgirl continued to remove the shoes, then lent a hand to help him up.
“Next time,” he grumbled, “I want a real super hero, not a girl.”
Me, I just say that adds a degree of realism to a story, that while unrealistic, is absolutely accessible to younger readers. You should absolutely add this series to your reading list and for sure check back here on Thursday to see Lisa Yee face the 7 Questions.
As always, I'll leave you with some of my favorite passages from Batgirl at Super Hero High:
No one dared move, and Miss Martian couldn’t because Killer Frost had just frozen her, “as a joke.” The only sound in the cavernous auditorium was a tiny ping coming from Cyborg’s internal circuitry.
Batgirl felt an icy chill go through her entire body. “Ice to meet you,” Captain Cold said.
"When you meet new people, you should always hit them hard, and if that doesn’t work, hit them harder. Remember to always lead with a punch. BOOM!”
“When I meet someone new, I prefer to lead with a smile,” Batgirl said, offering her one.
Barda looked at her with suspicion.
Everyone applauded and Cyborg smiled. He had a nice smile. Cyborg lifted his arm to wave, and wave, and wave. It wasn’t until a minute had passed that Batgirl realized he was malfunctioning and couldn’t stop waving.
The library installation had gone well. Now students were able to access books and resource material from their dorm rooms, space vehicles, anywhere—though many still congregated at the heavy wooden tables in the library that were lit with old-fashioned green banker’s lamps.
“It feels so awesomely retro and academic to study in here,” Hawkgirl whispered.
“I know!” Batgirl agreed. “I know…but this is where all the knowledge is. I love the smell of information in this room.”
Just as she was about to sniff an old leather-bound copy of Ra’s al Ghul’s The Decline of the Ancient World, someone cried, “THERE YOU ARE!”
Now, as the young heroes flew, ran, stretched, strolled, and teleported into the auditorium, they laughed and congratulated each other. They admired their new casts and bandages and bruises. Never had so many been so sore—and so happy about it.
Lisa Yee is a middle grade author I've wanted to feature here since I read her wonderful Millicent Min, Girl Genius and she'll be here on Thursday, so look forward to that. When I saw she was writing the Super Hero High series, I wanted to read it at once (and so will you when I tell you more). Batgirl and Supergirl are two of my favorite characters and Lisa Yee is an author I admire, so I knew I was in for a treat. And this was the perfect book for me to read in preparation for my own project.
What a fun series this is! It's clever and hit all the right notes for a middle grade book for girls about girls that can also amuse a grown man who still likes his comics. Super Hero High is like Hogwarts if Hogwarts had way cooler students based on DC characters. Personally, I would never want to go back to high school unless it was Super Hero High, and then I might consider it, because I'd love to take these classes:
In PE, instead of running laps around a track, they were often asked to run laps around the city. And in Weaponomics, they were learning about devices that could cause mass destruction—or save the world. As the school’s part-time tech wizard, Batgirl had seen it all.
As Principal Amanda Waller warns Barbara Gordon, A.K.A. Batgirl:
This isn’t like your old high school. Here, we train students to save lives, make the world a better place, and lead by example. There are villains who will aim to bring you and the world down. We have to be prepared for that.”
Obviously, as Amanda Waller is principal of a high school, Super Hero High is set in its own continuity separate from any other DC story. Although I can't say for certain as Harley Quinn's Super Hero High book doesn't come out until January, I'm guessing she didn't fall in love with the Joker after obtaining her doctorate in kindergarten. I'm also betting money that Batgirl won't be shot in the spine and paralyzed before the end of the series, though Yee does endow her with all the technical know how she'll need if she ever does become Oracle.
In this version of the DC Universe, Dr. Arkham is a school counselor, which strikes me as rather ominous. More fun, Crazy Quilt is teaching costume making, and Red Tornado and Comissioner James Gordon are on the faculty as well (more on him in a moment). Steve Trevor is working at the local Capes and Cowls Cafe and wouldn't you know it, Batgirl's classmate Wonder Woman (the girl) has a crush on him. The reader is running into other characters from the DC universe every other chapter, sometimes literally:
“Barbara reporting to Supergirl. Supergirl, do you read me?”
Her wafer-thin com bracelet crackled before she heard “Oops, ouch! Sorry! Sorry.” There was a moment of silence, followed by a loud thud, and then Supergirl’s voice came in. “Hey there, BFF. I flew too fast and The Flash was running too fast and we had a major collision. But we’re both okay. At least, I think we are. He looks sort of wobbly. What’s up?”
Sorry fellas, but the focus of this series is on the female characters of the DCU, most of them as teenagers. Aside from the Flash and Cyborg, I didn't spot a teenage Auquaman, or even Robin. But I think I would've enjoyed this series even as a teenage boy as superheroes of both sexes make for the most fun adventures.There are plenty of stories focusing on teenage Superman, but that's for another series.
Yee is careful to maintain the essential essence of every character in the DCU without being a slave to the source material. Yes, Harley's a bit crazy, but mostly about media and her own fame, and one gets the sense that in this version of the DCU, she might grow up to be... not good, exactly, but not bad bad either. As for Barbara Gordon, who mostly goes by the name Batgirl in school, Yee has lots of fun along the way with an oh-so-slight rearranging of her mythology:
Batgirl was relieved that she got to keep her annex, or as she referred to it, her Barbara-Assisted Technology Bunker. This was also called the Bat-Bunker.
Of all the characters present, I felt that Batgirl was the most true to her comic book self. When Red Tornado insists the teen super heroes learn to drive non-super-people vehicles so they can blend in as necessary (half of them will grow up to have secret identities, after all), Barbara naturally chooses the motorcycle, because it is her destiny.
Yee wisely shifts the novel's focus from the superhero aspects of our teen superheroes' lives to the more universal situations faced even by regular human teenagers without superpowers. At the end of the day, this is primarily a story about a girl and her father readers know from Batman comics, which is what most Batgirl stories have always been about. Commissioner Gordon wants his little girl to be safe and needs to learn to back off, Barbara Gordon wants to be a super hero, but needs to remember her father cares about her and has her best interest at heart. Though I did find it quite funny that Gordon, who is on the faculty at Super Hero High, wants his daughter to go to Gotham City High School where she'll be safe. It's like, Bro, do you even read Batman comics?
What makes Yee's version of Batgirl all the more interesting is that she employs an intellectual response to her problems the same as her young readers can. This is how she handles her father's objections to her attending a school for superheroes:
Barbara knew she couldn’t argue with her dad’s feelings. She also knew he couldn’t argue with facts. Employing complex computer graphs and charts featuring a matrix of statistics to support her argument and supplemented by state-of-the-art videos, she worked deep into the night.
The next day was Saturday. That afternoon Barbara invited her father into the living room. Her presentation took over an hour, and as Commissioner Gordon sat in his favorite chair nodding, neither smiling nor frowning, Barbara piled fact upon fact and reason upon reason as to why she should be allowed to go to Super Hero High.
It's good that Barbara is ready to use her brain, as she's at a school where most of the students outmatch her in the brawn department. Most of her fellow students "were born with powers, or developed special skills at a young age. Her peers had been nurtured at super hero preschools, then super hero elementary and middle schools. Conversely, Batgirl was a latecomer and had to make up for a lot of lost time."
In doing everything she can to fit in with superheroes, not to mention running most of the school's IT needs, and taking care of a sick bat, and also competing in a reality show, Batgirl runs herself down and has to learn how to manage her time and her life, which is a lesson needed by most teens and their parents and everyone:
“People think I’m stressed,” she told him. “But really, I’m not. Okay, okay, maybe a little. Sometimes. But not all the time. Not when I’m asleep!” She let out a too-loud laugh. Batgirl kept dreaming about all the things she was supposed to get done and would wake up exhausted
Batgirl at Super Hero High is a fun story filled with beloved characters used in new and interesting ways. It's chock full of humor and charm and soars high (look at me, I'm Gene Shalit!). Although, even in the fantastical world of the DCU, one still runs across the occasional troll.
“NO!” he yelled. The sides of his mouth curled downward and there was insult in his eyes. “Not you!”
Batgirl stopped.
“In my day, super heroes could fly and move buildings, and were all men. NOT GIRLS!” Mr. Morris grumbled.
Batgirl continued to remove the shoes, then lent a hand to help him up.
“Next time,” he grumbled, “I want a real super hero, not a girl.”
Me, I just say that adds a degree of realism to a story, that while unrealistic, is absolutely accessible to younger readers. You should absolutely add this series to your reading list and for sure check back here on Thursday to see Lisa Yee face the 7 Questions.
As always, I'll leave you with some of my favorite passages from Batgirl at Super Hero High:
No one dared move, and Miss Martian couldn’t because Killer Frost had just frozen her, “as a joke.” The only sound in the cavernous auditorium was a tiny ping coming from Cyborg’s internal circuitry.
Batgirl felt an icy chill go through her entire body. “Ice to meet you,” Captain Cold said.
"When you meet new people, you should always hit them hard, and if that doesn’t work, hit them harder. Remember to always lead with a punch. BOOM!”
“When I meet someone new, I prefer to lead with a smile,” Batgirl said, offering her one.
Barda looked at her with suspicion.
Everyone applauded and Cyborg smiled. He had a nice smile. Cyborg lifted his arm to wave, and wave, and wave. It wasn’t until a minute had passed that Batgirl realized he was malfunctioning and couldn’t stop waving.
The library installation had gone well. Now students were able to access books and resource material from their dorm rooms, space vehicles, anywhere—though many still congregated at the heavy wooden tables in the library that were lit with old-fashioned green banker’s lamps.
“It feels so awesomely retro and academic to study in here,” Hawkgirl whispered.
“I know!” Batgirl agreed. “I know…but this is where all the knowledge is. I love the smell of information in this room.”
Just as she was about to sniff an old leather-bound copy of Ra’s al Ghul’s The Decline of the Ancient World, someone cried, “THERE YOU ARE!”
April 7, 2017
I loved this book, it is great for leisure reading. It was exciting and intriguing. 5 stars!
March 20, 2017
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Batgirl at Super Hero High
DC Super Hero Girls, Book #3
By Lisa Yee
ISBN: 9781101940655
Author Website: http://www.lisayee.com/
Brought to you by OBS reviewer Caro
Synopsis:
Batgirl has always hidden in the shadows but does she have what it takes to stand in the spotlight at Super Hero High?
Barbara Gordon has always been an off-the-charts, just-forget-about-the-test super-genius and tech whiz, and then she gets the offer of a lifetime when Supergirl recognizes that Barbara s talents make her an ideal candidate for Super Hero High. Donning the cape and cowl, Barbara Gordon becomes Batgirl, ready to train at the most elite school on the planet, next to some of the most powerful teenagers in the galaxy. She s always had the heart of a hero . . . but now she ll have to prove that she can be one. Good thing she loves a challenge!
Award-winning author Lisa Yee brings mystery, thrills, and laughs to this groundbreaking series that follows DC Comics most iconic female Super Heroes and Super-Villains. Move over Batman and Superman the DC Super Hero Girls are ready to save the day and have fun doing it! (Goodreads)
Review:
Superheroes, I just love them! Especially the superhero girls of Super Hero High, and Batgirl at Super Hero High is by far my favorite in the series.
In this third book of the DC Super Hero Girls, it is Batgirl’s turn in the spotlight. In the previous books the reader caught glimpses of Barbara here and there while she helped Super Hero High and its students with tech stuff and also saw how she was an asset in defeating Granny Goodness. Now, Barbara Gordon is adjusting to her new life as a student at Super Hero High and a new superhero. Although Barbara is smart and good with technology, she has a lot to catch up to compared to the supers with supernatural abilities. Afterwards, Barbara starts training with the help of Supergirl, Katana, Bumblebee, Wonder Woman, and all her superhero friends.
Barbara is determined to become a superhero, and for this to happen she takes a step further into achieving her dreams, which means moving out of her house to the school dorms. Commissioner Gordon isn’t so happy at the beginning with this change but slowly comes to terms with the fact that Barbara is now a superhero and her new identity is Batgirl.
“Dad has finally agreed to let me attend Super Hero High. Now that this is really happening, I realize that, in a roundabout way, it is something I have dreamed about all my life.”
Barbara, now Batgirl, begins to experience life as a student, a superhero, and a tech genius, which leads her to get into some trouble. But no worries, Batgirl knows how to handle the situation and make things better.
I really liked Batgirl at Super Hero High, Batgirl has always been one of my favorite DC girls and she finally got her own story. Lisa Yee has presented us with wonderful coming of age stories for the DC girls, each one different and special in their way which shows that even supers go through tough times to become the amazing superheroes we are used to seeing.
*OBS would like to thank the publisher for supplying a free copy of this title in exchange for an honest review*
Batgirl at Super Hero High
DC Super Hero Girls, Book #3
By Lisa Yee
ISBN: 9781101940655
Author Website: http://www.lisayee.com/
Brought to you by OBS reviewer Caro
Synopsis:
Batgirl has always hidden in the shadows but does she have what it takes to stand in the spotlight at Super Hero High?
Barbara Gordon has always been an off-the-charts, just-forget-about-the-test super-genius and tech whiz, and then she gets the offer of a lifetime when Supergirl recognizes that Barbara s talents make her an ideal candidate for Super Hero High. Donning the cape and cowl, Barbara Gordon becomes Batgirl, ready to train at the most elite school on the planet, next to some of the most powerful teenagers in the galaxy. She s always had the heart of a hero . . . but now she ll have to prove that she can be one. Good thing she loves a challenge!
Award-winning author Lisa Yee brings mystery, thrills, and laughs to this groundbreaking series that follows DC Comics most iconic female Super Heroes and Super-Villains. Move over Batman and Superman the DC Super Hero Girls are ready to save the day and have fun doing it! (Goodreads)
Review:
Superheroes, I just love them! Especially the superhero girls of Super Hero High, and Batgirl at Super Hero High is by far my favorite in the series.
In this third book of the DC Super Hero Girls, it is Batgirl’s turn in the spotlight. In the previous books the reader caught glimpses of Barbara here and there while she helped Super Hero High and its students with tech stuff and also saw how she was an asset in defeating Granny Goodness. Now, Barbara Gordon is adjusting to her new life as a student at Super Hero High and a new superhero. Although Barbara is smart and good with technology, she has a lot to catch up to compared to the supers with supernatural abilities. Afterwards, Barbara starts training with the help of Supergirl, Katana, Bumblebee, Wonder Woman, and all her superhero friends.
Barbara is determined to become a superhero, and for this to happen she takes a step further into achieving her dreams, which means moving out of her house to the school dorms. Commissioner Gordon isn’t so happy at the beginning with this change but slowly comes to terms with the fact that Barbara is now a superhero and her new identity is Batgirl.
“Dad has finally agreed to let me attend Super Hero High. Now that this is really happening, I realize that, in a roundabout way, it is something I have dreamed about all my life.”
Barbara, now Batgirl, begins to experience life as a student, a superhero, and a tech genius, which leads her to get into some trouble. But no worries, Batgirl knows how to handle the situation and make things better.
I really liked Batgirl at Super Hero High, Batgirl has always been one of my favorite DC girls and she finally got her own story. Lisa Yee has presented us with wonderful coming of age stories for the DC girls, each one different and special in their way which shows that even supers go through tough times to become the amazing superheroes we are used to seeing.
*OBS would like to thank the publisher for supplying a free copy of this title in exchange for an honest review*
February 21, 2024
This review and many more can be found on my blog: Feed Your Fiction Addiction
These books are so incredibly adorable and fun. My daughter loves the high school take on superheroes, and I have to admit that I kind of love them too.
What Fed My Addiction:
Girl genius.
Unlike most of the other super heroes, Batgirl is just an ordinary girl—with extraordinary smarts. Her tech savvy makes her special and it gives her an edge that the other supers don’t have.
A sense of belonging.
Batgirl has doubts about her ability to fit in at Super Hero High even though she has friends there. She doesn’t know if she can be a “real” super hero since she doesn’t have any innate abilities. She can’t keep up with the other students in a lot of areas (especially gym, where there are some pretty high expectations of super heroes!). She has to learn to rely on and trust her strengths and not worry so much about her weaknesses. It’s a tough lesson that’s not easily learned.
Family troubles.
Batgirl isn’t the only person who’s afraid that she might not be cut out for Super Hero High. She has a bit of an uphill battle because she has to convince her dad that she belongs there too. He just wants to keep her safe because he’s afraid to lose her, but she wants to follow in his footsteps and fight crime. I loved the close relationship between Barbara (Batgirl) and her dad.
What Left Me Hungry for More:
Competition.
My least favorite part of the book was the competition and how it all played out. Batgirl’s logic when it came to her feelings about the results didn’t make a lot of sense to me (I won’t say what it was since that would be a spoiler). But the competition and the results became central to the rest of the book, so it all ended up being necessary for the plot. (There were a couple of other minor inconsistencies, but I often give those a little more leeway in MG books. My daughter didn’t seem to see any lapses in logic.)
Overall, I thought this was another fun installment of a fantastic series for MG girls. My daughter and I will definitely be keeping up with it!
I give this one 4/5 stars.
***Disclosure: I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. No other compensation was given and all opinions are my own.***
These books are so incredibly adorable and fun. My daughter loves the high school take on superheroes, and I have to admit that I kind of love them too.
What Fed My Addiction:
Girl genius.
Unlike most of the other super heroes, Batgirl is just an ordinary girl—with extraordinary smarts. Her tech savvy makes her special and it gives her an edge that the other supers don’t have.
A sense of belonging.
Batgirl has doubts about her ability to fit in at Super Hero High even though she has friends there. She doesn’t know if she can be a “real” super hero since she doesn’t have any innate abilities. She can’t keep up with the other students in a lot of areas (especially gym, where there are some pretty high expectations of super heroes!). She has to learn to rely on and trust her strengths and not worry so much about her weaknesses. It’s a tough lesson that’s not easily learned.
Family troubles.
Batgirl isn’t the only person who’s afraid that she might not be cut out for Super Hero High. She has a bit of an uphill battle because she has to convince her dad that she belongs there too. He just wants to keep her safe because he’s afraid to lose her, but she wants to follow in his footsteps and fight crime. I loved the close relationship between Barbara (Batgirl) and her dad.
What Left Me Hungry for More:
Competition.
My least favorite part of the book was the competition and how it all played out. Batgirl’s logic when it came to her feelings about the results didn’t make a lot of sense to me (I won’t say what it was since that would be a spoiler). But the competition and the results became central to the rest of the book, so it all ended up being necessary for the plot. (There were a couple of other minor inconsistencies, but I often give those a little more leeway in MG books. My daughter didn’t seem to see any lapses in logic.)
Overall, I thought this was another fun installment of a fantastic series for MG girls. My daughter and I will definitely be keeping up with it!
I give this one 4/5 stars.
***Disclosure: I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. No other compensation was given and all opinions are my own.***
February 7, 2017
The adventures at Super Hero High continue with its newest student, Batgirl...aka, Barbara Gordon, super genius tech-whiz and daughter of Commissioner Gordon. With her high-tech gadgets, intelligence, and best friend, Supergirl, Barbara becomes Batgirl and adjusts to life at Super Hero High. But she finds that life among Supers without super powers isn’t easy. Plus, her dad isn’t fully on board with her being a superhero and she finds herself stretched a bit too thin trying to please everyone. When a mastermind, with a tech-whiz mind that rivals hers, makes big trouble, will Batgirl have the right super stuff to save the day?
Lisa Yee’s latest installment in her high-flying, action packed, super fun middle-grade series, does not disappoint! Batgirl at Super Hero High is jam packed with all the heart, humor, and excitement I’ve come to expect from this girl-power fueled series.
Though a series, with recurring characters, I like that each book can be read as a standalone. No matter which book readers dive into, the world of Super Hero High and its many characters, plots, histories, etc, is well developed, explored, and laid out. Making the many well known superheroes and villains high school students (or teachers) and placing them in the Super Hero High setting, allows these characters and stories to feel relatable, refreshing, and accessible to young readers. The various classes at Super Hero High will amuse, intrigue, and thrill readers, and I love that, because of Batgirl’s tech-whiz expertise, this installment really focuses on all the cool superhero technology, science, and mechanics.
All the fun, engaging, and entertaining characters from books one and two are back- Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Katana, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Bumblebee, Cyborg, The Flash, and much more- and of course, Batgirl is really given the chance to shine. Young readers will love that Batgirl wasn’t born with or hasn’t acquired super powers, but must rely on her own human strength, intelligence, and heart.
Like its predecessors, Batgirl at Super Hero High is bursting with awesome girl-power and an empowering feminist attitude that will inspire and encourage both girls and boys to be super!
Lisa Yee’s latest installment in her high-flying, action packed, super fun middle-grade series, does not disappoint! Batgirl at Super Hero High is jam packed with all the heart, humor, and excitement I’ve come to expect from this girl-power fueled series.
Though a series, with recurring characters, I like that each book can be read as a standalone. No matter which book readers dive into, the world of Super Hero High and its many characters, plots, histories, etc, is well developed, explored, and laid out. Making the many well known superheroes and villains high school students (or teachers) and placing them in the Super Hero High setting, allows these characters and stories to feel relatable, refreshing, and accessible to young readers. The various classes at Super Hero High will amuse, intrigue, and thrill readers, and I love that, because of Batgirl’s tech-whiz expertise, this installment really focuses on all the cool superhero technology, science, and mechanics.
All the fun, engaging, and entertaining characters from books one and two are back- Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Katana, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Bumblebee, Cyborg, The Flash, and much more- and of course, Batgirl is really given the chance to shine. Young readers will love that Batgirl wasn’t born with or hasn’t acquired super powers, but must rely on her own human strength, intelligence, and heart.
Like its predecessors, Batgirl at Super Hero High is bursting with awesome girl-power and an empowering feminist attitude that will inspire and encourage both girls and boys to be super!
February 5, 2017
It's another fun-filled, super cute, superhero book series that concentrates on the girls!
Barbara Gordon is a tech wiz and she is always helping out at Superhero High, in the last book she got to use some of her tech skills to help save the world. She really wants to go to Superhero High as Batgirl, the name her best friend, Supergirl, gave her. It takes a lot of talking and pleading with her dad, Commissioner Gordon, to be able to attend.
Now that she is there Batgirl is having all sort of second thoughts, about if she is good enough to be a hero since she doesn't have super powers. Her fellow superhero friends have faith in her and when something goes terribly wrong the only one that can fix it Batgirl and she learns what it means to be a true superhero.
Though the supers are in high school, I feel it's more of a middle grade to maybe young YA. Though I think it's fun for everyone! It's a great book to learn about believing in yourself and going after what you want and follow your heart.
Barbara Gordon is a tech wiz and she is always helping out at Superhero High, in the last book she got to use some of her tech skills to help save the world. She really wants to go to Superhero High as Batgirl, the name her best friend, Supergirl, gave her. It takes a lot of talking and pleading with her dad, Commissioner Gordon, to be able to attend.
Now that she is there Batgirl is having all sort of second thoughts, about if she is good enough to be a hero since she doesn't have super powers. Her fellow superhero friends have faith in her and when something goes terribly wrong the only one that can fix it Batgirl and she learns what it means to be a true superhero.
Though the supers are in high school, I feel it's more of a middle grade to maybe young YA. Though I think it's fun for everyone! It's a great book to learn about believing in yourself and going after what you want and follow your heart.
August 2, 2017
This review is also available on my blog, Read Till Dawn.
Oh, gosh.
I honestly don't know how to review this book. For one thing, it's an audio book; I'd literally never listened to an entire book on audio before Batgirl at Super Hero High, so my library of comparisons is completely blank. I have no idea if this was a good or a bad narrator, whether the packaging was appropriate, nothing. So I guess I'll just talk a little bit about what I noticed and then discuss the story some.
Packaging first, I guess. It comes in a rectangular cardboard box which holds a plastic thing that takes up about half of the box's width, and then a white cardboard fold-out thing that holds the four CDs that contain the actual audio. The entire audiobook takes 4.5 hours to listen through from beginning to end, which was very convenient for me–I listened to the entire thing over the course of two days while I did hands-on jobs like cleaning my room and walking the dog! I really liked the narrator, a rather perky young woman, and listening to her speak was almost like watching a movie. Once or twice I couldn't tell which character was supposed to be speaking, because there are so many she had a hard time giving them all distinct voices, but that was a very minor issue.
As for the story, well, what do you expect from a story set at "Super Hero High?" It's ridiculously hokey and unrealistic–Batgirl's ability to reprogram complex objects in mere seconds is a particularly egregious example of this–but it's so fun and exciting that you can't help but engage in some major suspension of disbelief. It is a superhero story, after all, so logic (and science!) work a little bit different there. I was never a huge superhero reader when I was younger, mainly I think because I just wasn't exposed, but Batgirl at Super Hero High shows me the sort of ridiculous fun my young imagination was missing out on for all those years. If you or a kid you know is looking for a superhero book, then this one might be just right!
Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Oh, gosh.
I honestly don't know how to review this book. For one thing, it's an audio book; I'd literally never listened to an entire book on audio before Batgirl at Super Hero High, so my library of comparisons is completely blank. I have no idea if this was a good or a bad narrator, whether the packaging was appropriate, nothing. So I guess I'll just talk a little bit about what I noticed and then discuss the story some.
Packaging first, I guess. It comes in a rectangular cardboard box which holds a plastic thing that takes up about half of the box's width, and then a white cardboard fold-out thing that holds the four CDs that contain the actual audio. The entire audiobook takes 4.5 hours to listen through from beginning to end, which was very convenient for me–I listened to the entire thing over the course of two days while I did hands-on jobs like cleaning my room and walking the dog! I really liked the narrator, a rather perky young woman, and listening to her speak was almost like watching a movie. Once or twice I couldn't tell which character was supposed to be speaking, because there are so many she had a hard time giving them all distinct voices, but that was a very minor issue.
As for the story, well, what do you expect from a story set at "Super Hero High?" It's ridiculously hokey and unrealistic–Batgirl's ability to reprogram complex objects in mere seconds is a particularly egregious example of this–but it's so fun and exciting that you can't help but engage in some major suspension of disbelief. It is a superhero story, after all, so logic (and science!) work a little bit different there. I was never a huge superhero reader when I was younger, mainly I think because I just wasn't exposed, but Batgirl at Super Hero High shows me the sort of ridiculous fun my young imagination was missing out on for all those years. If you or a kid you know is looking for a superhero book, then this one might be just right!
Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
July 21, 2018
I read Batgirl at Super Hero High to my 5-year-old and 3-year-old daughters and they enjoyed it for the most part. My eldest was a little put off by the tech-speak and I had to try to explain to her what the purpose of a HarleyGram/HarleyWham was, but overall she loved hearing about what her favourite superhero girls were up to. While my 3-year-old was just excited to hear Harley was in it, although she did think Harley was a little mean to Batgirl after the HarleyWhams began appearing.
For me, this book was the best so far, as it gave an excellent picture of who Batgirl was, without changing the personality that she had established in the previous two books.
Basically, in this book, Barbara Gordon (Batgirl) wants to leave Gotham High for the exciting world of superheroes found at Super Hero High. Her father, Commissioner James Gordon, fulfils his role as protective father and does not want his daughter put in danger. He ultimately makes a pact with Barbara that she can go to Super Hero High, as long as she does not put herself in danger. If she does, then he can elect that she returns to Gotham High. She agrees and, being a high achiever, sets out to show Super Hero High that she can be a hero, even if she does not possess any supernatural powers.
The book sends some excellent messages about having faith in yourself and your abilities, following your truth and taking responsibility for your actions. As the story unfolds, we find that Batgirl can rise above her own self-doubt and the doubt of others to become the hero that she needs to be.
I had my concerns with this book (prior to reading it), hoping that the author would not continue falling back on Barbara Gordon's fears and doubts about becoming a hero without powers or having her father constantly harassing her with his fears about her placing herself in danger... I am pleased to say, that all my concerns were cast aside, as Yee made the main focus Batgirl challenging herself to be a better hero.
As I have worked my way through this series, it seems to be getting better (in the writing) and my daughters and I are now looking forward to seeing what happens in the next book, Katana at Super Hero High.
For me, this book was the best so far, as it gave an excellent picture of who Batgirl was, without changing the personality that she had established in the previous two books.
Basically, in this book, Barbara Gordon (Batgirl) wants to leave Gotham High for the exciting world of superheroes found at Super Hero High. Her father, Commissioner James Gordon, fulfils his role as protective father and does not want his daughter put in danger. He ultimately makes a pact with Barbara that she can go to Super Hero High, as long as she does not put herself in danger. If she does, then he can elect that she returns to Gotham High. She agrees and, being a high achiever, sets out to show Super Hero High that she can be a hero, even if she does not possess any supernatural powers.
The book sends some excellent messages about having faith in yourself and your abilities, following your truth and taking responsibility for your actions. As the story unfolds, we find that Batgirl can rise above her own self-doubt and the doubt of others to become the hero that she needs to be.
I had my concerns with this book (prior to reading it), hoping that the author would not continue falling back on Barbara Gordon's fears and doubts about becoming a hero without powers or having her father constantly harassing her with his fears about her placing herself in danger... I am pleased to say, that all my concerns were cast aside, as Yee made the main focus Batgirl challenging herself to be a better hero.
As I have worked my way through this series, it seems to be getting better (in the writing) and my daughters and I are now looking forward to seeing what happens in the next book, Katana at Super Hero High.
May 26, 2021
I'm reading this series to my daughter, she loves Super Hero High! The concept! The heroes! The action!
Unfortunately, these books are a slog. Batgirl's adventure was no different.
There is so much repetition, this book could've easily been edited down by at least 100 pages, without skipping a beat.
This book focuses on one main fault and one main perk. Batgirl is reduced to "Tech Wiz." Her main problem: everybody else demanding too much from her, either wanting to be helpful in their own way or pushing their wants/needs ahead of hers. Unfortunately, the fault isn't really resolved. A number of classmates take advantage of her "tech wizziness" and she lets them steamroll her for 95% of the book. Frustratingly, all of her inventions and advancements from being "techy" are hardly if ever used or mentioned after their creation, begging the point of what was all that for? We get it, she's techy.
All of Batgirl's other abilities (except, perhaps riding her motorcycle) are so minute that they can barely be described as honorable mentions.
The book shares how relatively negligent Commissioner Gordon is as a father, offering Batgirl no other support except himself. One would think that being a teacher and head of the police would open up some resources (Batman?), but apparently not. Surely, someone would check up on her and fulfill the caregiver role? Even at Super Hero High, there isn't anyone, not the principal or the counselor. Unfortunately, the "great" friends she finds at Super Hero High don't offer much support either. Like the other books, there's a great lacking of emotional support and candid conversation about what's going on. Without these interactions, all we're left with is Batgirl making the same mistakes over and over again, repeating the same conversations with herself and others for most of the book.
Unfortunately, the action of this book, combatting the villains, is reduced to typing on the computer really fast to figure some stuff out. Bummer.
Unfortunately, these books are a slog. Batgirl's adventure was no different.
There is so much repetition, this book could've easily been edited down by at least 100 pages, without skipping a beat.
This book focuses on one main fault and one main perk. Batgirl is reduced to "Tech Wiz." Her main problem: everybody else demanding too much from her, either wanting to be helpful in their own way or pushing their wants/needs ahead of hers. Unfortunately, the fault isn't really resolved. A number of classmates take advantage of her "tech wizziness" and she lets them steamroll her for 95% of the book. Frustratingly, all of her inventions and advancements from being "techy" are hardly if ever used or mentioned after their creation, begging the point of what was all that for? We get it, she's techy.
All of Batgirl's other abilities (except, perhaps riding her motorcycle) are so minute that they can barely be described as honorable mentions.
The book shares how relatively negligent Commissioner Gordon is as a father, offering Batgirl no other support except himself. One would think that being a teacher and head of the police would open up some resources (Batman?), but apparently not. Surely, someone would check up on her and fulfill the caregiver role? Even at Super Hero High, there isn't anyone, not the principal or the counselor. Unfortunately, the "great" friends she finds at Super Hero High don't offer much support either. Like the other books, there's a great lacking of emotional support and candid conversation about what's going on. Without these interactions, all we're left with is Batgirl making the same mistakes over and over again, repeating the same conversations with herself and others for most of the book.
Unfortunately, the action of this book, combatting the villains, is reduced to typing on the computer really fast to figure some stuff out. Bummer.
December 24, 2018
Barbara Gorden, the daughter of Commissioner Gorden has secretly longed to attend Super Hero High with her best friend Supergirl. The problem is, though Barbara is extremely smart and capable, she doesn’t possess any super powers. How can she be a superhero without any sort of special abilities?
But when Supergirl is named the “Hero of the Month” she makes it known that she couldn’t have done it without the help of Batgirl. It was then that Barbara realizes that while she has no powers of her own, she creates all sorts of tech that can help her do the job that she longs to do. She could be a hero and attend Super Hero High herself. But there is one more problem that she would have to overcome before that can happen. Her father. He knows how dangerous being a crime fighter is and doesn’t want to allow his daughter to be constantly in the line of fire. Can she find a way to change his mind and convince him that being a superhero is what she is truly meant to do?
I realize that this book is meant for much younger readers than I am, but it is still an enjoyable story with a very inspiring message for younger readers. It does have a few fun moments that I think are directed at older folks who happen to be reading it with their kids. If you have ever seen any of the Batman TV show episodes from the 1960’s, you’ll enjoy the subtle references to the show. Those references are not so overwhelming as to confuse younger readers who may not have ever seen them, but are merely something that amused me when they popped up in the text.
I have read a couple of the Super Hero High Books so far, and I think that many will appreciate them, especially younger girls who are looking for something inspiring to read as well as those who enjoy comic book stories, They are quick, easy to read chapter books that I believe many will enjoy. Recommended.
But when Supergirl is named the “Hero of the Month” she makes it known that she couldn’t have done it without the help of Batgirl. It was then that Barbara realizes that while she has no powers of her own, she creates all sorts of tech that can help her do the job that she longs to do. She could be a hero and attend Super Hero High herself. But there is one more problem that she would have to overcome before that can happen. Her father. He knows how dangerous being a crime fighter is and doesn’t want to allow his daughter to be constantly in the line of fire. Can she find a way to change his mind and convince him that being a superhero is what she is truly meant to do?
I realize that this book is meant for much younger readers than I am, but it is still an enjoyable story with a very inspiring message for younger readers. It does have a few fun moments that I think are directed at older folks who happen to be reading it with their kids. If you have ever seen any of the Batman TV show episodes from the 1960’s, you’ll enjoy the subtle references to the show. Those references are not so overwhelming as to confuse younger readers who may not have ever seen them, but are merely something that amused me when they popped up in the text.
I have read a couple of the Super Hero High Books so far, and I think that many will appreciate them, especially younger girls who are looking for something inspiring to read as well as those who enjoy comic book stories, They are quick, easy to read chapter books that I believe many will enjoy. Recommended.
January 9, 2017
This is the third installment in the DC Super Hero Girls series and it's my favorite so far. While I liked the other two, I really enjoyed this one.
Barbara Gordon convinces her overprotective father, Commissioner Gordon, to let her attend Super Hero High — as long as she doesn't put herself in danger.
I loved Batgirl (Barbara) for a lot of reasons. First, she doesn't have superpowers. She's a normal girl with big dreams and the courage to make them happen. Second, she's super smart. Her brain is her best weapon and she knows how to use it to her advantage. Lastly, she's a strong, kick-butt kind of girl who doesn't back down from a challenge, even if she's scared. She's persistent, dependable, and hard-working.
As an introvert, Batgirl prefers to work alone, but over the course of the story, she learns to accept help from others and work with a team.
While Batgirl at Super Hero High held many things in common with the first two (a new girl starting at Super Hero High, adjusting to publicity, feeling inadequate), Batgirl proved a worthwhile heroine.
Last thing before I wrap this up: I loved the catastrophe that Batgirl has to clean up. I loved the villain, the havoc that ensued, and the way Batgirl handled it all. Each book has presented vastly different challenges for the superheroes to face, and this one was my favorite.
Content: Some mild sci-fi violence, but I consider this a clean book.
Source: I received a copy of this book from the publisher.
Barbara Gordon convinces her overprotective father, Commissioner Gordon, to let her attend Super Hero High — as long as she doesn't put herself in danger.
I loved Batgirl (Barbara) for a lot of reasons. First, she doesn't have superpowers. She's a normal girl with big dreams and the courage to make them happen. Second, she's super smart. Her brain is her best weapon and she knows how to use it to her advantage. Lastly, she's a strong, kick-butt kind of girl who doesn't back down from a challenge, even if she's scared. She's persistent, dependable, and hard-working.
As an introvert, Batgirl prefers to work alone, but over the course of the story, she learns to accept help from others and work with a team.
While Batgirl at Super Hero High held many things in common with the first two (a new girl starting at Super Hero High, adjusting to publicity, feeling inadequate), Batgirl proved a worthwhile heroine.
Last thing before I wrap this up: I loved the catastrophe that Batgirl has to clean up. I loved the villain, the havoc that ensued, and the way Batgirl handled it all. Each book has presented vastly different challenges for the superheroes to face, and this one was my favorite.
Content: Some mild sci-fi violence, but I consider this a clean book.
Source: I received a copy of this book from the publisher.
June 10, 2021
This high-spirited story about Barbara Gordon, a young girl intent on fighting crime in a batsuit is fun, contemporary and focuses strongly on female-to-female interactions without banging out a tedious feminist message. Various other superheroines make their voices heard, each in their own unique style.
Batgirl, aka Barbara Gordon, has her work cut out for her. Unlike the majority of other alumni at Super Hero High, she doesn’t have powers like laser vision, super strength, super speed or flight. It does cause her some anxiety and self-doubt, admirably conveyed by the author. But it makes her triumphs special: she has heart, courage, empathy, determination and brains and all these attributes push her to try harder, work longer and think more. It all adds up to a shining portrait of a heroine that I admittedly never through much about previously.
This is a fine entry into stories about young superheroines, light on violence, loaded with camaraderie and focusing on a serious, sober yet happy girl whose dedication to helping others shines brighter than a computer screen.
Batgirl, aka Barbara Gordon, has her work cut out for her. Unlike the majority of other alumni at Super Hero High, she doesn’t have powers like laser vision, super strength, super speed or flight. It does cause her some anxiety and self-doubt, admirably conveyed by the author. But it makes her triumphs special: she has heart, courage, empathy, determination and brains and all these attributes push her to try harder, work longer and think more. It all adds up to a shining portrait of a heroine that I admittedly never through much about previously.
This is a fine entry into stories about young superheroines, light on violence, loaded with camaraderie and focusing on a serious, sober yet happy girl whose dedication to helping others shines brighter than a computer screen.
February 21, 2017
Let me begin by saying that the low rating is simply because I am not the intended audience for this book. Very age specific. A lot of talk of school drama, cliches, making friends, and keeping up good grades. I highly recommend this series for young ladies and gents who love superheroes but want some more story than just beating up the bad guys.
However if I had read this back when I was the proper age--somewhere between 5th and 8th grade--I would have loved this book. I personally could not shake off my grown-up view enough to really enjoy this. (Some children's books are truly great for all ages, some make us forget we were ever a grown-up... this isn't one of those titles.) However great motivation towards you can be anything and do anything. Strong (both mentally and physically) characters for both girls and boys however the intended audience is definitely middle grade females.
However if I had read this back when I was the proper age--somewhere between 5th and 8th grade--I would have loved this book. I personally could not shake off my grown-up view enough to really enjoy this. (Some children's books are truly great for all ages, some make us forget we were ever a grown-up... this isn't one of those titles.) However great motivation towards you can be anything and do anything. Strong (both mentally and physically) characters for both girls and boys however the intended audience is definitely middle grade females.
February 19, 2022
4.5
Siento yo que este libro a pesar de ser una historia relatada como para niños y/o adolescentes, toca temas muy triviales como para ir a orientado hacia ellos como por ejemplo hay una parte donde puede existir misoginia y y cómo se pudo solucionar el problema debido a la inteligencia de la protagonista aunque sea mujer y al final terminan agradeciéndole entendiendo el que aunque no sea hombre puede ser una súper heroína aunque la verdad es que siento que esas partes pudieron evitarse la siento que el libro estaba más desarrollado a sobrellevar la relación del padre con Batgirl, porque siento yo que si había confianza entre el padre y la hija pero no tanta al grado de que ya le pudiera contar todas sus cosas abiertamente sin sentir que su padre la iba a reprimir con algo entonces esto fue una historia de crecimiento personal para Batgirl, qué la gente dejara de verla como la especialista en tecnología haberla con una superheroína realmente.
Siento yo que este libro a pesar de ser una historia relatada como para niños y/o adolescentes, toca temas muy triviales como para ir a orientado hacia ellos como por ejemplo hay una parte donde puede existir misoginia y y cómo se pudo solucionar el problema debido a la inteligencia de la protagonista aunque sea mujer y al final terminan agradeciéndole entendiendo el que aunque no sea hombre puede ser una súper heroína aunque la verdad es que siento que esas partes pudieron evitarse la siento que el libro estaba más desarrollado a sobrellevar la relación del padre con Batgirl, porque siento yo que si había confianza entre el padre y la hija pero no tanta al grado de que ya le pudiera contar todas sus cosas abiertamente sin sentir que su padre la iba a reprimir con algo entonces esto fue una historia de crecimiento personal para Batgirl, qué la gente dejara de verla como la especialista en tecnología haberla con una superheroína realmente.
August 6, 2024
That this title features a protagonist vs. self conflict for the first half of the book is interesting, and it sets Batgirl apart from the other books in this series (and from many superhero stories for this age group in general). This book also has MUCH improved pacing from Supergirl and Wonder Woman, the previous titles in the Super Hero High line. However, having already jumped ahead and read the Harley Quinn series finale, I'm shocked that Yee made HQ such an unrepentant bully in this book! The heel-turn into blaming Batgirl for her own bad idea(s) and not having any consequences in either this book or her own title surprises me, given the young MG target audience.
July 7, 2018
This book is like the best. I read it in 4 days instead of 2 because I guess I was just being lazy. It inspires people to follow their dream and it will come true of you try. And it also doesn’t always have a happy chapter like some books, it shows that there are bad parts and mistakes in life, but you have to try your best, show some effort, and they will get better. Te book is over 200 pages but not boring to read at the same time. This book will be something I will keep up on. Thank you “Lisa Yee” for writing this amazing book. Next book: “Harley Quinn at Super Hero High”
August 25, 2018
This books has a lot of strong female characters, good STEM role models, and was a fun read. My only issue with it was that the scenes sometimes felt really choppy. I listened to the audiobook, so that might not have been as much of an issue in print because of formatting. As a librarian, I’ll definitely recommend this for reluctant readers and for comic-loving kids whose parents make the error of thinking graphic novels aren’t “real books.”
September 28, 2020
Another one me and my daughter shared. We read it every night and she was upset if we even thought about missing a night of reading it. We really enjoyed it and found it even easier to read than Supergirl was before it. The book doesn't have a lot of grounded scientific facts but its not about that anyway. Just a good adventure story to read with your child, about a teen trying to find her place in the world. Highly recommend it!
June 5, 2018
I thought that this would be the last installment, but it ended with "To be continued..."
I don't know if it will be, if there are any other main characters that may end up at Super Hero High or not, but it would be fun to continue - with the right character. (Maybe go retro? Do some history on Super Hero High?)
I don't know if it will be, if there are any other main characters that may end up at Super Hero High or not, but it would be fun to continue - with the right character. (Maybe go retro? Do some history on Super Hero High?)
November 14, 2018
I read this out loud to my daughter and it was a straight up poor read aloud experience. It’s just clunky, and I felt like it needed better editing. The story itself also left something to be desired. But my 9 year old enjoyed it, and I can see the way these books open doors to the wider world of super hero stories, so I appreciate that about it.
July 31, 2018
I listened to this audiobook with my 4 year old who loved it. I thought it was actually pretty good. It passes the Bechdel test, has a couple of chuckle-worthy spots, and isn't too saccharine. I especially like that it's about girls being smart and strong.
August 8, 2018
3.5 really, but I'm feeling generous.
I really like this little series. Batgirl was a character I didn't expect to like, but really grew to appreciate and like. The story, while predictable, was well written, and I enjoyed it.
I really like this little series. Batgirl was a character I didn't expect to like, but really grew to appreciate and like. The story, while predictable, was well written, and I enjoyed it.
March 25, 2017
If you have read the other Super Hero High books you will love this one also! It is a quick read. Great for young and old superhero fans!
May 9, 2017
Cute children's book about a young girl who's superpower is being good with computers.
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