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A Storey Street novel: Superhero Street

Phil Earle, Author

Sara Ogilvie, Illustrator

Paperback

Series: A Storey Street novel

Imprint: Orion Children's Books

Publication date: February 25, 2016

Category: General fiction (Children's / Teenage)

ISBN: 9781444013887

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‘A laugh-out-loud read full of capes and japes! If you like Superheroes this is right down your Street!’ – Danny Wallace, presenter and bestselling author.

Illustrated by Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlisted artist, Sara Ogilvie, this is the second book in Demolition Dad author Phil Earle’s children’s series, Storey Street. Perfect for fans of Roald Dahl, Liz Pichon and David Walliams, each book in this laugh-out-loud series focuses on a different neighbour.

Mouse is desperate to be a superhero. To find that power that will make him stand out in the crowd. But his every attempt ends in failure. He can’t even get any attention at home as his five brothers (triplets AND twins) take every second of mum and dad’s attention.

When mum foils a bank robbery while on duty as a lollipop lady, she and Mouse are lauded as superheroes. Joining forces with Mouse are The Z List – a group of unlikely crime-fighters. But in their midst is a traitor hell-bent on revenge.

Will Mouse be super enough to spot this danger, and is he brave enough to do anything about it?

Reviews

Demolition Dad was one of my favourite books of last year, and now Earle turns his attention to yet another troubled family in Story Street ... Warm-hearted fun

Irish Daily Mail

A laugh-out-loud read full of capes and japes! If you like Superheroes this is right down your Street!

Danny Wallace, presenter and bestselling author

It's a delight: a brilliant cast of characters (including a truly formidable mum), jokes aplenty, poignant family drama and a very big heart indeed.

The Bookseller

Phil "BOOKCRUSHER" Earle has written one, funny, fabulous, pile driving BLAST of a book. (Read it in Lycra for full wrestling experience.)

Liz Pichon on DEMOLITION DAD

Sara Ogilvie's beautifully drawn illustrations add real life and humour.

David Tazzyman, illustrator of MR GUM on DEMOLITION DAD

A hilarious story that will have children giggling throughout

Parents In Touch

Mister Earle tells a terrific tale of an accidental superhero

Families South East

Superhero Street' is an absolute joy to read Phil manages to create a story which is brilliantly humorous but full of heart and emotion...I really can't recommend it enough. I felt like it offers the reader the hope that even by doing the smallest, seemly insignificant acts we can all be a Superhero in someone eyes

Book Lover Jo

Fantastically funny, this story has a very big heart

The Week Junior

I think other people my age would enjoy this book and find it funny. It made me laugh and I found it easy to read once I got into it.

NG Kids

I think other people my age would enjoy this book and find it funny. It made me laugh and I found it easy to read once I got into it

National Geographic Kids

Told with earthy humour and a bracing dash of silliness, Superhero Street plays an entertaining riff on the theme of finding the hero inside

Financial Times

Deliciously silly fun for seven-plus

Newstatesman.com

Warm-hearted fun

Daily Mail

Phil Earle

Phil Earle was born in the great city of Hull in 1974, and spent the next eighteen years playing a lot of sport, messing around in plays and trying to sing in bands. He has had jobs as a care worker in a residential kids’ home and a bookseller, and now works as sales and marketing director for David Fickling books. In 2016, Phil was appointed as Reading charity BookTrust’s new writer-in-residence. He lives on a hill in Yorkshire with his wife and three children and his favourite place to write is on the bus. Visit Phil’s website, www.philearle.com, or follow him on twitter @philearle.