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Zinc Alloy – SuperZero

This is a graphic novel from the Zinc Alloy series. This is the story of Zack Allen. Zack is a nerdy boy that loves reading comic books about superheroes. Unfortunately, he is always being picked on by bullies at school until he builds his own robot suit. With this robot suit comes new found powers and Zack is now the superhero-Zinc Alloy. Zinc Alloy stops a runaway train downtown and scares the school bullies off. After a busy superhero day, Zack knows that his superhero self must return someday! As far as graphic novels, I found this one to be pretty good. There isn’t any violence, it is grade school appropriate and touches on issues like bullying. I like that this is a good series for those older, reluctant boy readers since it has a fairly high interest level but low reading level.  I like at the beginning it has an illustrated “cast of characters” and a glossary, history of comics, discussion questions and writing prompts at the end.