Addie and her mom, Tish, never stayed in the same location for to long. They have traveled all around the country. When Tish gets a new job at the Happy Valley Village Retirement Community in Pennsylvania, Addie believes they will be on the road again within the month.
One of the residents, Mr. Norris, might help them stay longer. Mr. Norris is a grumpy resident who wants to move back home but, the other children in the community believe that he is a superhero. Addie is having a hard time believing there are superheros but, then these strange occurrences keep happening that Addie can't make sense of. Then a mysterious man has appeared and claims to be a reporter for a newspaper and a long last relative of a resident. Addie realizes that Mr. Norris and the mysterious man is hiding secrets that can be deadly.
I thought the book was an okay read. The story had some interesting parts but, I felt like it was a bit dry and lacked humor. The book is a good read for young readers who like reading about superheros with whimsical characters.
**Disclosure - I received an unedited copy in exchange for an honest opinion***
About the Book:
Author: Ruth Freeman
Pub. Date: October 19, 2021
Publisher: Holiday House
Pages: 272
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
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Ten-year-old Addie knows that Superheroes aren't real, and that they certainly don't hide out in retirement communities, but she may just have to change her mind.
Addie and her mom never stay in one place too long. They've been up and down
and all around the country. When her mom, Tish, gets a new job at Happy Valley
Village Retirement Community in Pennsylvania, Addie believes they'll be on the
road again in a month. But this time, something is different--make that,
someone. Mr. Norris, a grumpy resident of Happy Valley and. . .a former
superhero?
Well, that's what Marwa, whose mom also works at Happy Valley, would try and
have Addie believe. Addie and her friend Dickson know better even if there are
things they can't explain. Like the time Mr. Norris was about to get hit by a
car and was suddenly on the other side of the road or the way his stare seems to
take root in Addie's stomach.
When a man starts prowling the Happy Valley grounds, claiming to be the
great-nephew of a resident, Addie, Marwa, and Dickson soon stumble into a grand
conspiracy involving the Manhattan Project, a shady weapons company, and the
fate of the human race, in this smart, funny middle grade novel.
Praise For HOW TO SAVE A SUPERHERO:
★ "Featuring a cast whose distinct personalities are clearly
built out, Freeman’s imaginative, suspenseful, and well-paced novel of
intergenerational friendship will keep readers guessing."—Publishers
Weekly, Starred Review
"Behind an uncommonly savvy, redoubtable protagonist, Freeman stocks her
cast with a diverse array of equally vivacious characters, including as lively
and hilarious a group of resident seniors as ever was. . . . A clever, lively
romp."—Kirkus Reviews
About Ruth Freeman:
Ruth Freeman is the author of One Good Thing About America,
which received a Golden Kite Honor Award and was called a "touching
novel" by School Library Journal. Ruth grew up in rural
Pennsylvania but now lives in Maine where she teaches English language learners
in an elementary school.
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