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DC Super Hero Girls: Supergirl at Super Hero High

The second book in the exciting new DC Super Hero Girls™ fiction series! 
 
 
Supergirl™ is the new kid at Super Hero High School - and she also happens to be the most powerful teen in the galaxy. But after losing her parents and her home planet, Supergirl struggles with her fresh start on planet earth. Invading alien armies, bad dreams and inter-dimensional portals are making it tricky for her to settle in at Super Hero High. Can she learn to control her superpowers? And how can she know who to trust on this strange new planet?

Lisa Yee's debut novel, Millicent Min, Girl Genius, won the prestigious Sid Fleischman Humor Award. Her other novels for young people, with nearly two million copies in print, include Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time, So Totally Emily Ebers, Absolutely Maybe, and two books about a fourth grader, Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally) and Bobby the Brave (Sometimes). Lisa is also the author of American Girl's Kanani books and Good Luck, Ivy. Her recent novel, Warp Speed, is about a Star Trek geek who gets beat up every day at school. 
 
Lisa is a former Thurber House Children's Writer-in-Residence whose books have been chosen as an NPR Best Summer Read, a Sports Illustrated Kids Hot Summer Read, and a USA Today Critics' Top Pick. 
 
Visit Lisa at lisayee.com or check out her blog at lisayee.livejournal.com.

DC Super Hero Girls: Wonder Woman at Super Hero High

The first book in an exciting new DC Super Hero Girls™ fiction series! 
 
 
Wonder Woman™ wants to be the best super hero she can be, and that means going to Super Hero High School. But there's a lot for the teen super hero to get used to at her new school! Save the Day alarms, a room-mate who shares everything on social media . . . not to mention the fact that Wonder Woman has never seen a boy before. 
 
 
And, on top of all that, it seems like someone doesn't want the Amazon princess at the school. Who's been sending Wonder Woman nasty notes? And will they ruin her chances of success at Super Hero High School?

Lisa Yee

The third book in the gripping DC Super Hero Girls fiction series! 
 
Barbara Gordon has always been a tech genius. But she's never been a super hero. 
 
Now, stepping into the spotlight as Batgirl for the very first time, she must train alongside the most powerful teens in the galaxy at Super Hero High. Can she wear the cape and cowl, and find her super self?

DC Super Hero Girls: Batgirl at Super Hero High

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