Tween girls now have a super hero group to call their own! The Ultra Violets!  The cover art by”Emmy-nominated animation character design artist, best known for his work on the hit Cartoon Network shows Dexter’s Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, and Samuri Jack… ” Chris Battle  will draw in the readers. Next, the book is published in purple ink! The Fuchsia is now – dawns the cover.

Four 2nd grade best girlfriends , whose mothers all hold PhDs,  are being baby-sat in a lab at Fascination Laboratory, or FLab, when an accident exposes them to “blue-red goo splattered all over the ninja-princess-samurai-schoolgirls… Heliotropium, the liquefied post-atomic hybrid particle capable of genetically altering any bio-organism on earth.” [Reminds me of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]  Fast forward four years, the  BFF girls are now reunited in middle school and are having a sleepover. Perhaps its puberty, the author doesn’t say, but ‘freaky talents‘  are developing in three of the four friends: purple hair & the ability to change the color of objects, the ability to solve complex math equations with ease, and the ability to out dance anyone on the planet while doing cool ninja moves. The fourth girl has always been the quiet one of the group, but not having any super powers, soon becomes a problem. Then once her super powers emerge – she is the evil one.

Author, Sophie Bell, has captured ‘tween years. Sophie talks directly to the readers at times as on page 96,  “But yes! This chapter also involves a flash of brilliance. A hint of romance. A dash of jealousy. And a lavender dog.” There are numerous take-offs on famous books, characters, etc. : orange brick road, Forever Twenty Fun, Build-a-Girl Workshop, Victoria Shush [Secret] ,Cinnaubonpain, simple is as simple does, with great responsibility, Cher- I’ve got you babes…   And let’s not forget the ‘tween style of talking with IDK  &  NBD, shortened words, and combined words [viomazing] only ‘tweens can understand.

BeauTek housed in the Mall of No Returns, run by Develon Louder [Revlon & Este Lauder] has created mutants and is running tests on animals. This the Ultra Violets have to stop!  “The fate of an entire city in the hands of three sixth-grade girls”

Watch for Book 2 in this series!