Author(s): Andrew Levins; Katie Kear (Illustrator)

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Meet Nelson . . . he's an ordinary kid, just like you. Everyone thinks he's shy but, really, he's just bored. Nelson hates vegetables. He hates the smell of them, he hates the look of them. Most of all, he hates eating them. But what if they gave him superpowers? Superpowers he needs when an alien race he made up in class yesterday swoops into town and holds his school hostage, threatening to eat his teacher . . .