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Books like Lightning Girl: 9 series to read next

Lightning Girl is superhero, set in contemporary and our world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Lightning Girl is 4 books, 2018–2019.

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The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune)
Electrigirl
Melvin Beederman Superhero
Captain Underpants
The Odds
My Brother Is a Superhero
My Teacher Is an Alien
Heroine Complex
Supers of Noble's Green / Daniel Corrigan

The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune)Series

seriesTJ Klune3 books2020

Set in north america.

“The Extraordinaries follows Nick Bell, a fanfiction-writing teenager with ADHD who is infatuated with his city's resident superhero, Shadow Star, and decides the only way to get noticed is to become extraordinary himself.”
from the catalogue description

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ElectrigirlSeries

seriesJo Cotterill3 books2016

Superhero, adventurous in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

“Like a human battery Holly can generate a massive amount of electricity in seconds, which could come in handy if she's ever going to solve the mystery of her best friend's disappearance.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Electrigirl →

Melvin Beederman SuperheroSeries

seriesGreg Trine8 books2006

Superhero and humor, funny in tone, about coming of age, set in contemporary and our world.

“After graduating from the superhero academy, Melvin Beederman heads for Los Angeles, where he unexpectedly teams up with Candace Brinkwater, school play actress, to nab the evil McNasty Brothers.”
from the catalogue description of The Curse of the Bologna Sandwich

Start with The Curse of the Bologna Sandwich →

Captain UnderpantsSeries

seriesDav Pilkey15 books1989

Set in north america.

Start with The Really Cool Adventures of Captain Underpants →

The OddsSeries

seriesAmy Ignatow3 books2016

About psychic powers.

“A bus crash gives four very different middle schoolers odd super powers, and although they wouldn't normally be caught dead together, they must pool their powers to find out what happened to them.”
from the catalogue description of The Mighty Odds

Start with The Mighty Odds →

My Brother Is a SuperheroSeries

seriesDavid Solomons5 books2015

Superhero, funny in tone, set in contemporary and our world.

“Luke Parker was just your average eleven year-old comic book aficionado until the fateful day when his boring, do-gooding, help-sold-ladies-across-the-street brother Zack got turned into a superhero.”
from the catalogue description

Start with My Brother Is a Superhero →

My Teacher Is an AlienSeries

seriesBruce Coville4 books1989

Science fiction, about aliens.

“Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with My Teacher Is an Alien →

Heroine ComplexSeries

seriesSarah Kuhn7 books2016

Urban fantasy, set in north america.

“Evie Tanaka is the put-upon personal assistant to Aveda Jupiter, her childhood best friend and San Francisco's most beloved superheroine.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Heroine Complex →

Supers of Noble's Green / Daniel CorriganSeries

seriesMatthew Cody3 books2009

Set in north america and small town.

“Superheroes soar in this promising debut--and they're kids!Twelve-year-old Daniel, the new kid in town, soon learns the truth about his nice--but odd--new friends: one can fly, another can turn invisible, yet another controls electricity.”
from the catalogue description of Powerless

Start with Powerless →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Lightning Girl?: The Extraordinaries (TJ Klune) — the closest match to Lightning Girl on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Lightning Girl?: Lightning Girl. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Lightning Girl.
How big is Lightning Girl?: Lightning Girl is 4 books, 2018–2019.

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