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After he is benched during a game, Owen thinks that he is not very good at soccer, but in his effort to get a ball that is rolling away from him he discovers that he has more skills than he realizes.

After their lunches are stolen, Harry Buttz Elementary School students Darren, Tina, Juan-Carlos, and Walter eat radioactive burritos that give each a strange ability--along with serious gas--which, with training by Janitor Stan, may help them foil Number Two and the BO twins' evil plan.

Reflects on the ways in which people acquire new abilities, offering a convincing view of the concept of potential.

Together with his friends, twelve-year-old Hale, an overweight and non-athletic double agent against SRS, the corrupt spy organization he was raised in, travels to Switzerland to destroy the SRS bank account.

Jen Noonan's father thinks a move to Harmony House on the shores of New Jersey is a start to their new lives, but Jen can tell the place has an unhappy history, and she soon learns her father is at the center of one of its most disturbing secrets.

While preparing for war with the Titans, Josie and Seth must also keep the peace between the pure-bloods and the half-bloods, while helping Josie learn how to manage her newfound abilities.

The Remnants, followers of the Way, are growing in numbers, threatening Pacifica's plans for domination. That means the Pacifica government is on the warpath against the Remnants, but emperor Keallach finds himself focusing more on finding his brother--and also just thinking about Andriana. Andriana, meanwhile, feels drawn to both Ronan and Keallach, but she doesn't know if she can trust that Keallach really wants to become a Remnant--he may be leading the enemy right to them.

When the other baby animals laugh at Elephant for not being able to jump, he sets out to prove them wrong. Hard as he tries, he just can't jump. But then he realizes that he can do something else that no other animal can do...

Teens Jack, Marco, Aly, and Cass begin a quest to find seven pieces of Atlantis' power that were hidden long ago and that will, if returned to Atlantis, save them from certain death due to the genetic abnormality that also gives them superior abilities.

"A sixth-grade boy's stories about superhero Dude Explodius start changing reality"--Provided by publisher.