Billy Hooten is a weird kid. He gets beat up a lot, and spends the rest of his time doggedly trying to build a robot. One day, Billy Hooten hears a...
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Jun 07, 2011
Tony
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I am a acidity for super hero stories, so naturally I loved this one. Billy Hooten is your stereotypical middle school, slightly nerdy guy until he stumbles into a secret entrance to an entire world that lives beneath us. The city of Monstros has been overwhelmed by a crime wive and one of it's fine upstanding mister citizens convinces Billy he has the stuff to become the next Owlboy, defender of good in Monstros.
After some convincing Billy decides he can do the job and while he is i More...
After some convincing Billy decides he can do the job and while he is i More...
May 08, 2009
Donna
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More of a 3.5
Billy is a young boy who likes comics. One day, he stumbles into a goblin being chased by a pig monster. He manages to save the goblin. The goblin tells him he is really a superhero called Owlboy who fights evil in the city of Monstros which is located under his town of Bradford. He doesn't accept this but is sent home with a comic book on the legendary Owlboy and soon a superhero suit arrives. Against his better judgement, Billy is drawn into becoming Owlboy.
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Billy is a young boy who likes comics. One day, he stumbles into a goblin being chased by a pig monster. He manages to save the goblin. The goblin tells him he is really a superhero called Owlboy who fights evil in the city of Monstros which is located under his town of Bradford. He doesn't accept this but is sent home with a comic book on the legendary Owlboy and soon a superhero suit arrives. Against his better judgement, Billy is drawn into becoming Owlboy.
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Aug 11, 2008
Terri
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Ever wished you could be a superhero or dreamed of what you would do if you just had the power and ability? Meet Billy Hooten, bully victim and comic book addict. Billy loves comic books of brave superheroes who crush evil beneath their feet but never imagines he could become one. But a whole new world of possibilities opens to him when he responds to a cry for help inside a mausoleum in the cemetery beside his home. Billy cleverly outwits the creature that is threatening Archebold, the goblin i
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Jul 10, 2011
I picked this up last year (2010), somewhere around november. All I remember about it is that i could really identify with the main character. I'm not saying that I too was an eccentric child who enjoys building robots and turned into a superhero, but I love the unique quirks that he has. I'll pick this book up again and see how I like it.
Jul 29, 2009
Regina
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This was not my type of book. Perhaps kids who are fans of comic books will like it. It's on the 2010 Children's Sequoyah List for Oklahoma, and I'm trying to read as many of them as I can. I think it might be better as a graphic novel. I'm glad it had some illustrations, but once Billy went down to Monstros City and started training as Owlboy, I lost interest.
May 02, 2011
Stacy
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Billy Hooten is the archetypal bullied kid. Then he discovers a gateway to a city filled with monsters. There he finds that he is not just a bullied kid, but a generational superhero known as Owlboy.
Jan 12, 2010
Cara
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Story about a boy who is slowly becoming a super hero. There was some humor which made the story go a little faster. The illustrations drove me crazy. They didn't really match the story if you paid attention.
May 07, 2008
Nick
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Tom Sniegoski, who is a very good comic book writer, has turned in a very good novel about a very strange superhero.
Billy Hooten is a typical young nerd, picked on by the school bullies and hanging out with friends who are equally eccentric. Then, he hears a cry for help...
The ensuing "hero quest" is one of the oddest in the history of archetypes. The book suffers slightly from "first book in a series" syndrome, which is the only thing which kept me from giving it More...
Billy Hooten is a typical young nerd, picked on by the school bullies and hanging out with friends who are equally eccentric. Then, he hears a cry for help...
The ensuing "hero quest" is one of the oddest in the history of archetypes. The book suffers slightly from "first book in a series" syndrome, which is the only thing which kept me from giving it More...
May 23, 2011
Mr. George
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it is....alright:( it tries really hard to be alot of things.....superhero book, fantasy, sci fi....what is it?
Sep 25, 2009
Elementary. Comic book fantasies of an average boy. Very imaginative and fun.
Jan 31, 2009
Duane
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This book was a challenge for me to finish. It's not because it's bad writing, it just simply seemed to drag on to make it's story line. The characters in the book are great and very well written, it just seems the author drags the storyline along at a snail's pace and for young readers, that can be dangerous territory. I'm glad I finished the book because it is a good book, but I don't think young readers will and therefore I can't really recommend this book.
Nov 07, 2008
Billy Hooten is a very odd kid he loves comics and spends his spare time building robots. Billy being such a fan of comic book heroes and a bully magnet, hears a cry for help in the cometary behind his house with instinct he goes to see what is going on inside the mausoleum. Billy scares the goblin that is threatening Archibold's life. Billy is distend to be the new Owlboy to protect Monstros City the city that is made up of evil non-human creatures.
Jun 14, 2008
Jacqueline
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Good, clean fun. Billy Hooten was a lovable, reluctant hero. Many funny moments. I think young boys will really enjoy this book
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