Super Rabbit Boy Powers Up!

Press Start! #2

by Thomas Flintham

King Viking has a plan to defeat Super Rabbit Boy once and for all! Can Super Rabbit Boy power up before it's too late?

Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Baddie King Viking is tired of always losing to hero Super Rabbit Boy. So he's gone to the Secret Lands to search for the legendary Super Power Up, which has powers even Super Rabbit Boy won't be able to defeat. But Super Rabbit Boy is determined to stop King Viking. Can he navigate through the Secret Lands, locate the hidden dungeon, defeat the mini bosses, and claim the legendary Super Power Up before King Viking does it first? With danger everywhere, this may be the most difficult quest yet for Super Rabbit Boy.With full-color art on every page by Thomas Flintham!

Genres: Childrens, Chapter Books, Fiction, Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Adventure, Animals

88 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 9, 2017

About the author

Thomas Flintham studied illustration at Camberwell College of Art. FEEL THE FORCE! is his debut nonfiction title. Thomas Flintham lives in London.

Reviews

[Kathleen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved by 6 Year Old Son

My son says that this book was the best graphic novel he has ever read in his entire life. A great sequel - five stars.

[Premika VEERA · Rating 5 out of 5]

The kids love it

Both my girls aged 4 and 5 love this book. They ask questions and the pace and the language is great for that age.
As a bonus mum just love to read these books too! I am 43.

[Laurel Jenson · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a good book but a little confusing otherwise it was a great book!😀

[Paula Greenfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

This rabbit has wonderful video game adventures.

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book because I like the part when a super rabbit boy found three super power things and defeated three monsters with them. I liked this book because I like the part when the super rabbit boy found all three keys to a locked door and unlocked it. King Viking followed the super rabbit boy and got the super power up, but the super rabbit boy got the super mega power up, and defeated King Viking.

[Brooke Shackelford · Rating 4 out of 5]

My boys are loving this new series about video games and the main character-Super Rabbit boy! It’s kind of a graphic novel with longer bits of text woven in. Perfect for beginning independent readers. On to book #3!

[Lorelai Didur · Rating 4 out of 5]

I pretty much loved this book but I gave it 4 stars because I didn't like that they kept the same villain from the first book. My favourite part is when they got all three power-ups.

[Efox · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this second installation of Press Start! because the book center around the cooperative play with the whole family. This is definitely how we play video games in our house - and I loved to see that reflected in the story.

Another fun Super Rabbit Boy adventure - this time with a quest and a lot of fun puzzles. The illustrations are amazing, the story is great, and both of my kids super enjoyed it.

[Kara Richards · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE PRESS START BOOKS.
IT'S AWESOME!!!!!!

['2 · Rating 5 out of 5]

ghost superpower

I like the part when super bad boy goes in the dungeon. I like the part when King Viking makes his robot big

-- review by 7 year oldNot yet

[Melissa Lebata · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love the Contra Secret Code reference 🤩

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 8 year old loved this. It’s nice for him to find a new series.

[Jojo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very spooky and exciting

[Laura Renick-Butera · Rating 5 out of 5]

for Goodreads repository

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Olivia’s latest series!

[Dez the Bookworm · Rating 4 out of 5]

My kids (ages 4 and 6) love these!

[Trey Auntie Paige · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.75 stars.

[TrEnToN · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was meh.

[João Candeias · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the comic inspired art and easy-read plot!

[Mark Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick comic book fun. Plenty colours and fast moving story. 3/5 due to the lightness and fun illustrations.

[zapkode · Rating 5 out of 5]

{My thoughts} – Super Rabbit Boy is off on another adventure to try and save Animal Town from the Bad King Viking. This adventure leads him to search for and find the Super Power Up! The Super Power Up is suppose to give the person that obtains it power beyond one’s measure.

This book is very similar to the first however, the difference is that instead of it being a hand held game, it’s a console. The game console is connected to the TV and the entire family is watching the game be played, while taking turns playing.

I really like how this book is put together. I also enjoyed the lesson of sharing within the pages of the book. It is written with modern technology involved, which helps the book be relate-able to the child reading it. I look forward to reading the next book in the series soon.

I think that any child that enjoys playing console games, likes video games, and has an interest in reading will enjoy this book. I think it is the perfect kind of beginner chapter book for any child to enjoy.

[Isa Rive · Rating 2 out of 5]

Confession- I don’t play computer games, am not the target audience and don’t really appreciate the giant pixels art style. This is a very brightly illustrated early chapter book.
The writing is simplistic and somewhat stilted. It’s all telling no showing. But I can see that young kids (6-8) who are familiar Minecraft graphics might find it appealing. I also liked the way the family all had a turn and Sunny was generous enough to let his sister Rue continue after her success. This is for kids who are comforted by a predictable story in a familiar online setting. I look forward to seeing how often the series is taken from the shelves.

[Samantha Pope · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great new series to the world of graphic novels by Thomas Flintham. Super Rabbit Boy gets his power from eating carrots, rather like Popeye does from spinach, and he tackles his enemies (mainly King Viking) in a video game that is a story within a story of a boy and his family trying to play Super Rabbit Boy. The illustrations are fun - in the style of more old-fashioned video games - and the dialogue is frequently amusing. This will go down well with younger readers who are just getting into chapter books and appreciate the link to video games.

[Tranylle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rowan is really in to video games right now, so I knew he'd like this. It was in comic book form, which made it an even quicker chapter book read. He loved it! I thought it was cute, but probably a better book if reading to yourself. Kind of difficult to convey the scenes without words (there weren't a ton), so I just pointed and waited while he looked the page over. It had him begging for more books like it.

[Stefanie Burns · Rating 3 out of 5]

Branches series book that is like a video game. A family is sitting around the TV playing a video game. Most of the book is the video game. You read about Super Rabbit Boy trying to find a super power up to defeat King Viking. The storyline is told through colored illustrations, speech bubbles and some narration. Good for those who enjoy video games. Students have liked that have trouble finding a book they like.

[Ashlyn Vaught · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is perfect for the video game lover to put down the controller and pick up this book about the super rabbit boy video games. The book follows a family as they play the super rabbit boy video game and the quest to find the super power up. My only complaint about this book is that on some of the pages it is hard to read because of the dark color and dark font but that has nothing to do with the actual representation of the book.

[Gail · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have to give this one max stars as my video game loving six year old has read it 9 times since Tuesday and asked me to read it because it is "so good."
Again, reads just like a video game.I liked how it was a one player game and the younger sister ended up figuring out the key to the game after brother, dad and mom could not.

[Andrea · Rating 4 out of 5]

High interest for lots of kids with the video game characteristics. The family parts are great. There is a message that everyone can play and accomplish things. I like that the parents are as into it as the kids are. The questions at the end are great for parents to help their kids talk about what they read.

[Amanda Harrison · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book reads rather like a Youtube video .....views. In other words, this is entirely inexplicable to me, but yet strangely compelling for kids.

Doesn't quite feel like reading which I suppose is the draw. This type of book defines the hi/lo demographic, you won't feel like you are reading a 'little kids' book at all.

[Pinky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, this series is another coup for the Branches imprint of Scholastic. Super Rabbit Boy is back fighting the mean King Viking and there are rainbow power ups to be had. Nice teamwork and family time as well.