Captain Awesome to the Rescue!
volume 1, Captain Awesome
No. of pages 128
Published: 2012
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Now readers between the ages of five and seven can read chapter books tailor-made for a younger level of reading comprehension. Heavily illustrated with large type, Little Simon's young chapter books let young readers feel like they are reading a "grown-up" format with subject, text, and illustrations geared specifically for their own age groups!
Eight-year-old Eugene McGillicudy is an imaginative boy who loves comic books and superheroes. Eugene also has his very own supersecret superhero alter ego named Captain Awesome. MI-TEE!
When the McGillicudy family relocates to a new town called Sunnyview, Eugene starts a new school, finds a best friend, and even finds time to defend his toys from his two-year-old little sister, Molly! Luckily for Sunnyview, Captain Awesome is there to protect the town (and the universe) from a hilarious cast of comical "bad guys."
With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Captain Awesome chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.
This is volume 1 in Captain Awesome .
This book has been graded for interest at 5-9 years.
There are 128 pages in this book. This is a chapter book. Publishers market early chapter books at readers aged 6-10 years. This book was published 2012 by Simon & Schuster .
George O'Connor is the creator of several children's books, including the bestselling Olympians series - re-tellings of Greek myths in comic form. He is also the author-illustrator of If I Had a Velociraptor. George O'Connor lives in Brooklyn, New York. @GeorgetheMighty Stan Kirby tied a beach towel around his neck and became Super Commander Beach Boy when he was six years old. When Stan's not creating the awesome adventures of Captain Awesome, he loves reading comic books, eating okra, and hang gliding (but not at the same time).
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This book has been nominated for the following award:
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
This book was recognised in the Grades K-3 category by the Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award.
