Hicks, Faith Erin

"A young woman faces the trials and tribulations of being a superhero while still living an ordinary life, including struggling to make rent, buying her capes from secondhand stores, and being overshadowed by her superhero brother"-- Provided by publisher.

"For teenage vampire slayer Buffy Summers, building a new life can be overwhelming--especially when you spend sleepless nights slaying the undead. A group of nerdy vampires, shunned by their cooler brethren, decide to climb the vampire social ladder by taking out the Slayer. They play on Buffy's insecurities, wearing her down until she is full-on distracted by the mental warfare. But in addition to her Watcher, Giles, luckily this high schooler has her friends, Willow and Xander, to cheer her on...except, of course, when they're not getting along"--Provided by publisher.

Rat, an orphaned street girl, lives in the city that has been conquered by the Dao who killed her parents. Thirteen-year-old Kaidu is the son of a Dao leader who just arrived in the city for military training. And though Rat initially hates Kaidu and everything he represents, the two become unlikely friends. And when an assassination plot unfolds, the future of the city depends on them working together.

"Kaidu and Rat are only just recovering from foiling the assassination attempt on the General of All Blades when conflict breaks loose again. Disputes and treachery are making it impossible for the Dao rulers to follow the diplomatic solution Kai's father has devised to give all peoples--not just the Dao--a say in the future of the Nameless City. Even more complicated, Rat may have the key to uncovering a vast weapon wielded by the mysterious founders of the City--a secret hidden long ago, and a secret Kai may be unable to keep. To reveal it would be to betray his friendship with Rat and his new home. But to betray the Dao may have dreadful consequences for everyone and everthing Kai and Rat both love..."--Back cover.

The unlikely friendship between basketball team captain Charlie and robotics club president Nate is challenged when Nate declares war on the cheerleaders over funding that will either pay for new uniforms or a robotics competition.

When diplomatic efforts fail to resolve deep conflicts within the Dao nation, Kaidu and Rat race against time to prevent a war that is complicated by Kaidu's discovery of a formula for the lost weapon of the City's mysterrious founders.

Every time it is invaded the City gets a new name, but to the natives in is the Nameless City, and they survive by not letting themselves get involved--but now the fate of the City rests in the hands of Rat, a native, and Kaidu, one of the Dao, the latest occupiers, and the two must somehow work together if the City is to survive.

After an idyllic childhood of homeschooling with her mother and three older brothers, Maggie enrolls in public high school, where interacting with her peers is complicated by the melancholy ghost that has followed her throughout her entire life.

After an idyllic childhood of homeschooling with her mother and three older brothers, Maggie enrolls in public high school, where interacting with her peers is complicated by the melancholy ghost that has followed her throughout her entire life.

Collects the adventures of Superhero Girl, a young woman trying to make a living as a superhero, but things like poor finances, an overshadowing superhero brother, a desire to be her own person, and the lack of an archnemesis keep getting in her way.