Authors Terance L. Shipman and Prudence William have amassed a wonderful catalog of books for middle-grade children, but with their latest, the pair have brought to life their best story yet.  In The Adventures of Mahalia and Malcolm: The Robinsons, readers are treated to a family-centric superhero story with wonderful emotional payoff which is all wrapped up in some fantastic magic.  With catching prose by the talented authors, and gorgeous illustrations by Yvonne Abuda, the tale is sure to get its hooks into readers of all ages.  It’s a family that readers can root for, and they’ll want to see what happens next.

Mahalia, an eighth grader, and her brother, Malcolm, a fifth grader are just beginning to learn to use their unique superpowers. Now their family has been attached, and they must use those powers to save their Grandfather from Titus. Titus is evil and seems determined to kill their family. Not knowing why such mayhem has fallen on their family, the siblings must quickly learn to harness their superpowers and rush to help their Grandmother save their family.  

They know that they are not the typical African American family, but that doesn’t stop them from being kids, and as Mahalia and Malcolm set off on a brave and daring adventure to rescue their family, they struggle with the normal fears and anxieties that all kids experience. During their journey, they discover the enormous range of their superpowers, incredible secrets about their family, like Douglass: the family’s robot, and RedTail1: the family’s aircraft, and the courage that it take to keep a superhero family together. Filled with excitement and riveting escapades, The Adventures of Mahalia and Malcolm the Robinsons is the perfect book to show young readers that superheroes come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and ages!

The Adventures of Mahalia and Malcolm is the sort of superhero story that younger fans of the genre will be grateful for.  But no matter the reader’s age, they will be hungry for more, as a middle-grade reader, or an adult eager to share the magic with their child.  The action within the story isn’t sewn together for thrills, although you certainly get them here regardless.  Instead, it’s built on heart, courage, and wide-eyed wonder.  Fans of this tale, of which there are bound to be many, can rejoice in the knowledge that there are more to come for the kid heroes of the story and their family.  Check out The Adventures of Mahalia and Malcolm: The Robinsons on Amazon today!

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Madam Rhino is a short book from C. Lewis that is filled with so much humor and enjoyable action scenes that you’ll be miffed when it’s over.  It’s the kind of book that you don’t realize is going to take over your day, because you just can’t help but thumb through page after page.  The concept is so clever and adorable: an English grandmother—tiny, old, and needing a cane to walk—ends up developing interesting powers.  This is certainly one superhero story you weren’t expecting!

She thrust her walking stick into the rusty spokes of the bike’s wheel, the mugger flew off and landed with a thud on to the wet grass. She immediately leapt on top, and they started to wrestle.
Typically, there is little excitement in Angela’s life, the straight-talking pensioner who lived in the English countryside. Retired more than twenty years ago, she still missed the time when her work made a difference. She is feisty, independent and does not like being told what to do just because she is in her eighties.

But then the ultra secret agency The Bridge Club, whose mission is to maintain world peace, is recruiting. Does Angela want to seize the opportunity to upgrade her safe quiet life to one of high octane adventure? Can she show she’s a worthy candidate? After all, age is just a number.

This is one of those books that creeps in under the radar and delivers such a great, fun storyline that you’re surprised more people don’t already know about it.  It’s such a lighthearted, entertaining read that you can’t help but hope it gets some sequels.  Angela is not your typical superhero, and exploring that is something you don’t want to see passed up on.  Lewis does a great job balancing humor, action and intrigue, and I’d like to see them get a chance to flex their storytelling muscles further.  Check out Madam Rhino (The Adventures of Agent Grey) on Amazon today!

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