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Disabled Middle School Superheroes for You

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Disabled Middle School Superheroes for You – Find out what my imagination has unleashed: this powerful Secret Supers team go from their special ed class to lives of fighting crime.

In this blog post, you’ll read what Audiobook listeners think in their reviews.

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And now, the disabled middle school superheroes reviews.

Everyone can be brave and heroic

  • Overall    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story    4 out of 5 stars
  • 03-07-20
Disabled Middle School Superheroes
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I love that someone is writing fun superstories in which disabled and differently abled kids can see themselves as potentially brave and heroic. The story doesn’t just show them doing impossible things that fully abled people can’t even do; it shows them using their heads to solve problems and cooperating together to use their different gifts to change the world for the better. And it’s well told, with a youthful sounding narrator that highlights the 12-13 years of the characters.

I received this free audiobook and voluntarily left this honest review.

Krista Gimeno

This book was so cute!

  • Overall    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story    5 out of 5 stars
  • 01-14-20
Disabled Middle School Superheroes
Secret Supers Chapter 2

Let me just say I love this narrator. His voice went perfectly with the story. This book is about disabled people getting super powers and I thought it was awesome. This is a great book for those with disabilities and older children without disabilities. I think we all imagine what it would be like to have superpowers and then this book will find out what these kids do with their super powers.

Janalyn

Fun MG fiction

  • Overall    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story    3 out of 5 stars
  • 12-12-20
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Mr Andy Zach has crafted a fun story of different-able kids becoming superheroes.

I don’t read much MG fiction, but it was a nice light read. It did feel at times that everything was too easily overcome and the kids only wear super suits once.

It was also interesting to hear what sounded like a middle grade student as the narrator. This had pros and cons for me. It worked for the kids, but some of his adult voices…

Overall, worth a listen, fun story, and likable characters.

Jacob Pitts

Fun for Young Readers

  • Overall    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    2 out of 5 stars
  • Story    4 out of 5 stars
  • 08-18-20
Disabled Middle School Superheroes
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In a straightforward plot/storyline that won’t be confused with SciFi, 4 disabled kids become “enabled,” even Super! They are good kids with good intentions and they do the right thing. The parents are all involved, and the community is a middle-class ideal. A sweet read/listen for the suggested reader age range of 10-15.

JH & DDDH

Timeout from Disabled Middle School Superheroes

We have a break from our superheroes to bring you:

A super middle school xylophonist

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Now, on to more disabled middle school superheroes!

Secret Supers

  • Overall    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story    4 out of 5 stars
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This was a good book.In it anyone can be a super hero! Luke Castle was a fine narrator.I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.’ 

Deedra

Great story, not so great narration

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  • Overall    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    2 out of 5 stars
  • Story    5 out of 5 stars
  • 06-20-20

There’s so much awesome stuff happening in this book! I really enjoyed the story, especially the backbone of it. Each of these kids (Jeremy, Dan, Kayla, and Aubrey) has their own disability and when Jeremy stumbles upon a way to give each of them a super power, they still have to deal with real life. The super power doesn’t take away or negate their disability but it does give them an edge. Plus, they learn to work together as team, using their individual powers to boost each other. Just a fantastic premise for a story.

The story is definitely geared towards kids, as the plot is pretty straight forward and there’s little conflict among the characters. Our heroes already have a fight on their hands – just being accepted in regular society. In fact, the big hurdle in the book deals with that at their public school. I really liked how they pulled together to tackle the problem and how their efforts pulled in their friends, family, and community.

The end leaves us on a triumphant note as well as hinting as more to come. I hope this is just the start of a series. Jeremy needs to keep a close eye on his pet hamster. I kinda hope that hamster becomes the master mind. Ha! 5/5 stars.

DabOfDarkness

The Narration – Disabled Middle School Superheroes

Luke Castle gets an A for effort but a C for product. Castle had a perfect voice for Jeremy, capturing the character’s young earnest voice. Castle’s female character voices need more femininity. Many of them sounded very cartoony. I appreciate Castle’s attempts at regional and foreign accents, but they were hit and miss or way over done (like the Georgia peach and the California valley girl). The pacing was a bit off too, often with long pauses in between chapters (at first, I thought my player had stalled). Castle does a good job capturing the various emotions of the characters. Other than the long pauses in between the chapters, there were no technical issues with the recording. 2.5/5 stars.

I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Andy Zach. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.

DabOfDarkness

An inspiring, entertaining and happy story

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  • Overall    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story    5 out of 5 stars
  • 06-20-20

This is a story filled with joy an overcoming obstacles. in these dark times an uplifting tale is needed with the the human spirit meeting the challenges of life with positive mind set and a bit of hard work. The fact that these children are “supers” in this story does not diminish the lesson it teaches. A must listen for young folks and their parents.

Virgil Perryman

A cool middle grade story about handicapped superheroes

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  • Overall    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story    4 out of 5 stars
  • 05-29-20

Secret Supers is a really cool middle grade story about a bunch of handicapped kids that gain superpowers. The story is written for a younger audience, so it might not appeal to older readers, but I bet kids will really enjoy it, and it is wonderful to see the kids in the story empowered.

The narrator takes a bit of getting used to. He uses a rather nasally voice for one of the main characters that can be hard to listen to. But he is pretty good at character voices, and he grew on me as the book progressed. Unfortunately there is a bit of background noise in the recording which can be distracting.

I received this audiobook at no-cost from Audiobookworm Promotions. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.

John

Great book for the kids.

Disabled Middle School Superheroes
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  • Overall    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story    4 out of 5 stars
  • 05-17-20

Pretty good Audiobook for the younger kids. My son thought he’d like to have Super Powers now too.

Walt

Disabled Middle School Superheroes Intermission Number 2

Here we have a superhero pilot. Note that he’s landing during Hurricane Dennis.

Now I return you to your normal disabled middle school superheroes reviews.

Uplifting

Disables Middle School Superheroes
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  • Overall    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story    4 out of 5 stars
  • 05-07-20

Secret Supers is such a fun story, and it has a great message. I listened with my mid-grade kiddos, one boy and one girl, and they both enjoyed the story. The target audience may be mid-grade kids, but this is the type of story that is entertaining for both kids and adults.


This book is fast-paced and just loads of fun from start to finish, and it has such a positive vibe. The kids each have a different disability, and those disabilities are handled honestly while still keeping an upbeat vibe. I love how their individual super powers gave them what they needed, and the four together complimented each other so well. The kids are all lovable and quirky, and you can’t help but root for their successes and smile when they do succeed.

Momma Becky

Narration Comments – Disabled Middle School Superheroes

It’s interesting that the story is narrated by a teenager. In fact, my kiddos noticed it right away and commented about it. It gave them a whole new appreciation for audiobooks, and they’ll both be looking for more stories narrated by Luke Castle. This young man really seems to enjoy himself as he narrates this book, and that certainly comes through. For me, some of the voices were maybe a little over the top, but my tweens had no complaints, and since this is a mid-grade story, I would say that’s the most important thing. They were thoroughly entertained by both Andy Zach’s story and Luke Castle’s performance, and I have to say that the two do go well together.


All in all, Andy Zach has done a terrific job with this book. The story and its characters are a positive force in a world that is all too often focused on the negative, and it all comes together for one entertaining and uplifting listen for kids of all ages.

Momma Becky

This is truly amazing

Disables Middle School Superheroes
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  • Overall    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story    5 out of 5 stars
  • 05-04-20

This book is fantastic. It has a fantastic story line, great character development, but most of all, the narration was on point. Luke Castle deserves a Grammy, nay, an Emmy, for this reading. Everything from his impressions to his transitions, and everything in between. Truly an amazing book with top-tier narration. A+

GardenDude

What can 4 Disabled Children can do and will do!

Disables Middle School Superheroes
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  • Overall    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story    4 out of 5 stars
  • 05-02-20

Yes this is an audiobook for kids but I found it very interesting due to that is a good lesson for both children and adults handicapped or not. And that lesson if you want something so bad enough you are willing to work hard to get it or achieve a goal that everyone thinks you can not do.

You have the following characters a above average boy, a black blind boy, a young girl who has lost her legs and finally a young girl who has lost the ability to speak or sing. I believe kids would really like this audible because the story is based both on their abilities and disabilities and how they learn from the disabilities but grow and learn as a person and the friendship between the four.

When you have a battle to fight or someone is causing your problems when you have friends you can overcome the problem here was raising $100,000 to cover the shortage on the school year budget or all handicapped children would be bused to another school and maybe not be together. They raised the money by doing the impossible and proving everyone in the city that even though they are handicapped they gave a lots to offer and did not need to be separated from family and friends.

There is a lots more to this book and personally believe you would enjoy the book it brings a smile, a chuckle and a laugh as the story is told and you live the lives of four amazing and awesome handicapped kids.

harlequinjester

Every kid wants to be a superhero.

Jeremy Gentle
Jeremy, seventh-grade superhero
  • Overall    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    2 out of 5 stars
  • Story    3 out of 5 stars
  • 03-23-20

Four differently-abled kids suddenly gain superpowers and use them to fight crime. How cool is that? Any kid would love to have powers. They used teamwork and demonstrated compassion for others. They also had a lot of fun.

The narration was a bit weird. All the voices sound really nasal. At first I laughed, then for about five minutes I thought they were cute, then I just found the voices annoying. Kids will probably not care about that. I imagine they’ll just enjoy thinking about what they would do with superpowers.

I received a free copy of this audiobook.

1OldGal

Anyone can be a Super

Love These Superheroes
Dan Elanga, blind superhero
  • Overall    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story    4 out of 5 stars
  • 11-29-21

Good storyline and fair plot. The narrator’s voice wasn’t the right one for the book. For me his voice was distracting as he tried to do the different characters.

Reginald Sigler

Secret Supers – Disabled Middle School Superheroes

Kayla Verdera - Love These Superheroes
Kayla Verdera, disabled superhero
  • Overall    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story    5 out of 5 stars
  • 05-14-21

An inventive book and story. I can’t thank the author enough being a disabled adult. A great read for everyone young and old.

Kindle Customer

The End of Disabled Middle School Superheroes Reviews — But …

This was just the reviews from Audible. For twenty-one more reviews, go to Amazon here.

Aubrey Wilcosky
Aubrey, superpowered heroine. Short two legs.
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You’ll Love These Superheroes from my second series

Jeremy Gentle

You’ll Love These Superheroes – who are they? In order of their appearance:

Jeremy Gentle

Jeremy Gentle
Jeremy, seventh grade superhero

Jeremy’s a 12-year-old genius in 7th grade. Too bad he’s stuck in a disabled class with cerebral palsy and no girl would ever look at his skinny, twisted body. But he has a cool lab in his basement where he experiments with 25,000 volt surge of electricity–leading to his superpower.

His shares his story with his best friend, Dan Elanga.

Love These Superheroes – Dan Elanga

Love These Superheroes
Dan Elanga, the second Secret Super

Dan’s parents sold their business in Cameroon to come to America to give their blind son a better chance. Dan pestered Jeremy until he told him about his experiment–and Dan tried it. And got a different superpower.

Of course, the boys tried to hide their superpowers. But they failed to consider their fellow student–

Kayla Verdera – the smallest superhero

Kayla Verdera - Love These Superheroes
Kayla Verdera

Kayla’s a genius like Jeremy, but she’s not even five feet tall. She used to be on the cheerleading squad as the topmost girl–until she got spinal meningitis. Now she has to use a walker, and a voice app to talk. Plus she drools. In one swoop she fell from one of the in crowd to the out crowd, the disabled kids.

But she notices Jeremy and Dan hiding something and talking together, so she gets her friend Aubrey to ask them. They invite her over to Jeremy’s house. And she gets a completely different superpower.

Now her best friend has to go to Jeremy’s next. she’s–

Aubrey Wilcosky – The Talkingest Superhero

Love These Superheroes - Aubrey Wilcosky
Aubrey, super powered heroine.

With Aubrey, she talks first and thinks later. She’s as big as Dan and was a star on the softball team–until she lost her legs in a car accident. Undaunted, she plowed on in borrowed prosthetics, while struggling in school. Kayla helped her study and they became best friends. Now she gets Jeremy’s experimental ‘treatment’ and receives a unique superpowered gift.

So the four friends become superheroes. What next? Find out in:

Also available in print, and ebook. But wait to buy the ebook–it goes on sale for .99 on May 10th!

Love These Superheroes – in Their Next Book

I said this was a series. I also said Secret Supers goes on sale on Monday May 10th. So does the Villain’s Vacation ebook. Get it here, on May 10th, for .99.

What happens in Villain’s Vacation? The Secret Supers go to a coaster park for summer vacation. Too bad their worst enemy is also there–and out for revenge.

Got questions? Ask me, Andy Zach by clicking here.

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More News, Reviews, and Blog Tour Sites for You. My last blog halted after a couple days of the tour. You’ll get the rest here.

What’s new? All my best links, memes and videos of May. I’ve got them next.

What kind of reviews for you? Perhaps you’re a try before buying kind of guy–or gal. I’ve gotten a bunch of reviews on my books. I’ll give you a free sample of them. Let me know if anything appeals to you.

More News, Reviews – News First

First things first: my favorite Facebook group, the SciFi Roundtable posted this fine image:

Meet dozens of delightful denizens of science fiction and sorcery here, in their noteworthy newsletter.

Did you hear about this science news item? Adjustable solar satellites suitable for intercepting objects:

Next, word is heard from my wonderful illustrator, Sean Patrick “Fuzzy” Flanagan:

Still more Fuzzy art:

The third’s a charm:

More News, Reviews – Your Reviews Are Here

Look what turned up in my Facebook feed:

So happy with my latest purchase!! So I was given the audiobook by Andy in exchange for my review. After listening I had to contact Andy Zach for a signed copy!! It’s hilarious!! The series all started with zombie turkey’s.🤣 I didn’t read book 1 (yet) but didn’t need to. I even played part of the audiobook for my husband. We both laughed till we cried! Andy even added a thank you note. Fabulously fun mail in my box today! Love coming home to books! Thanks for the good laughs Andy!

Reader Lisa Mettler on Facebook

I sent Lisa and autographed copy of my book. You can get yours here.

My book Zombie Turkeys also got some review love:

Loved this Audiobook.

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 Infectious laughter 

This very funny tale has it all. There’s peril, adventure, mayhem, even a love story and a happy ending.

I laughed so hard that I occasionally had to stop and go back a few minutes so I could hear what I missed while I was cracking up.
There were moments when I had to wipe my eyes, because I was laughing so hard I cried.

I received a free copy of this audiobook in exchange for my honest opinion.

The Rest of the Blog Tour Here, Beginning Day Three

Oh? You missed the first part? Here it is.

Divas With a Purpose – creative title!

Jeremy Gentle
Jeremy, seventh grade superhero

Her review:

I was excited to listen to Secret Supers and invited my 8- and 12-year-old to listen along with me. Since we’ve been distance learning the last month or so, we would spend time afterwards listening to this audiobook while eating our lunch together. It was the first time either of them had listened to an audiobook and this was a great one to start them off with.

Secret Supers caught our attention quickly. The storyline kept both my 2nd and 6th grader engaged and excited to listen to it each day. It took us about a week to finish as we listened in 30 minute increments.

Secret Supers is geared towards kids. It’s fun to listen to with them, but the target audience is the tween age group. The storyline is straight to the point and easy to follow. The key characters (Jeremy, Dan, Kayla, and Aubrey) are very relatable. As a parent, I loved that it opened up dialogue with my children on realizing no matter what a person looks like, they all have their own “super power” that should not be disregarded. What I loved even more is that it was my 8-year-old who pointed that out!

Teamwork was another resounding theme. Despite their disabilities and learning their new superpowers, each of the characters came together for a greater good. 

Overall, we each gave Secret Supers by Andy Zach two thumbs up! And are hoping this is the beginning of a great series!

Divas With a Purpose I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.

Day Three, Continued

Book Junkie Reads – Another great blog title!

Eileen Troemel features Secret Supers

More News, Reviews, Day Four – Blog Tour Hump Day

More News, Reviews
Kayla Verdera, 7th-grade superhero with spinal meningitis

Nesie’s Place – Go here for a character review.

Libreria Beppe – another interesting blog name.

The Clipped Nightengale – Our first bird-based blog.

Blog Tour – Your Fifth Day

Kit’n’Kabookie – Endlessly creative!

Momma Says to Read or Not to Read – includes a review!

Momma Says: 4 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Secret Supers is such a fun story, and it has a great message. I listened with my mid-grade kiddos, one boy and one girl, and they both enjoyed the story. The target audience may be mid-grade kids, but this is the type of story that is entertaining for both kids and adults.

This book is fast-paced and just loads of fun from start to finish, and it has such a positive vibe. The kids each have a different disability, and those disabilities are handled honestly while still keeping an upbeat vibe. I love how their individual super powers gave them what they needed, and the four together complimented each other so well. The kids are all lovable and quirky, and you can’t help but root for their successes and smile when they do succeed.

It’s interesting that the story is narrated by a teenager. In fact, my kiddos noticed it right away and commented about it. It gave them a whole new appreciation for audiobooks, and they’ll both be looking for more stories narrated by Luke Castle. This young man really seems to enjoy himself as he narrates this book, and that certainly comes through. For me, some of the voices were maybe a little over the top, but my tweens had no complaints, and since this is a mid-grade story, I would say that’s the most important thing. They were thoroughly entertained by both Andy Zach’s story and Luke Castle’s performance, and I have to say that the two do go well together.

All in all, Andy Zach has done a terrific job with this book. The story and its characters are a positive force in a world that is all too often focused on the negative, and it all comes together for one entertaining and uplifting listen for kids of all ages. 

I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.

2 Girls and a Book – literal blog name.

Your Sixth Day of Blog Touring

Jazzy Book Reviews with audiobook excerpt for your listening pleasure.

Super Booked! with narrator interview.

Teatime and Books for a Secret Supers Spotlight

The Last Day of My First Blog Tour

Pam’s Wild Rose Blog book feature

Willow Writes and Reads

And there you have it! I enjoyed learning about all these different book blogs. I hope you visit them and maybe find some new books to read.

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