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“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.”
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Science fiction, about amnesia.
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Melvin Beederman SuperheroSeries
series8 books2006
Humor.
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The Dresden FilesSeries
series56 books2000
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InCryptidSeries
series53 books2012
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