Overpowered (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781442431287)

The world's safest town might actually be a deadly kind of dangerous. And Nica Ashley is about to learn the hard way.

Nica Ashley is accustomed to traveling the globe with her journalist mother, so when she gets sent to live in a small town with the father she barely knows, she's in for a bit of a culture shock. Barrington prides itself on being a sleepy, family community with the lowest crime rates in the state of Colorado. There's even a private security force run by Barrington Technology (BarTech) and a nightly curfew for all residents.

On Nica's first day at school, she meets Jackson Winters and finds out he went from school superstar to living ghost after his girlfriend disappeared a few months ago. When Nica follows him out after curfew one night, they both witness a mysterious green flash--and the next morning the power has gone out and all the birds are dead.

But secrets are well and alive, and as Nica and some of her friends discover they now have abilities best described as "super," they also realize that Barrington might not be so safe. And that BarTech is looking for them.

Author: Mark H. Kruger
ISBN-10: 1442431288
ISBN-13: 9781442431287
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 08/27/2013
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 8.37h x 5.88w x 1.38d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2013
Publishers Weekly 08/26/2013
School Library Journal 09/01/2013 pg. 160
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2013 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 pg. 116 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed