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Stronger
A Super Human Crash
By CARROLL, Michael
- ISBN
- 978-0-399-25761-2 978-1-101-57221-4
- Publisher
- Philomel
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 6–9—Gethin Rao is a 12-year-old choir boy who suffers a sudden inexplicable transformation during church service one Sunday, becoming a blue-skinned giant who is almost impervious. Twenty-seven years into the future, he is a prisoner known as "Brawn," made to mine platinum with others like him in a secure domed facility in an unknown location. His size hasn't changed, so he is still very strong but he is no longer super powered. The novel switches back and forth between these two time periods. In th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
Encompassing several decades' worth of events, this trilogy-ender (<i>Super Human</i>; <i>The Ascension</i>) tells the tragic life story of monste...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on July 1, 2012
Stronger has a more sustained, reflective focus than the previous books in this exciting series. The intertwined narratives—as Brawn deals with his cruel imprisonment and recalls the grief caused by his transformati...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
