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    <![CDATA[Superpowers: A Novel]]>
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    <![CDATA[Madison, Wisconsin: In the summer of 2001, five college juniors wake up with . . . not just a hangover, but superpowers. . . .<br/><br/>Jack Robinson: Grew up on a farm, works in a chem lab, and brews his own beer. Age: 19. Superpower: SPEED.<br/><br/>Caroline Bloom: Has a flair for fashion design and a mother who&#8217;s completely out of touch. Works as a waitress for a lunatic boss. <br/>Age: 20. Superpower: FLIGHT.<br/><br/>Harriet Bishop: Studied violin, guitar, and piano . . . and was terrible at them all. Now writes about music for the campus paper. <br/>Age: 20. Superpower: ­INVISIBILITY.<br/><br/>Mary Beth Layton: Is managing a 3.8, but feels like she&#8217;s working three times as hard as the people around her. <br/>Age: 20. Superpower: STRENGTH.<br/><br/>Charlie Frost: Has an anxious way about him, and always looks like he&#8217;s on day 101 of his most recent haircut. <br/>Age: 20. Superpower: TELEPATHY.<br/><br/><br/>But how do you adjust to an extraordinary ability when you&#8217;re an ordinary person? What if you&#8217;re not ready for the responsibility that comes with great power? And how do you keep your head in a world that&#8217;s going mad?]]>
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        <name><![CDATA[David J.  Schwartz]]></name>
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Read about it in an essay in Poets &amp; Writers]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The ending of this book left me very torn; I'm not sure whether I'd like to see a sequel (or a series) grow out of it, or if I'm more satisfied by an arguably 'open' ending that stops there. It's hard to find a comic book / movie spinoff / etc. that doesn't leave things open to a sequel, so much so ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24209509">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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