It's Monday! What are you reading?

How are you doing, readers?  I've heard from a few of you that you are using this time at home to do a lot of reading--so am I!

This week, I picked a review book to read:

Rise of the Robot Army by  Robert Venditti and illustrated by Dusty Higgins, is the second book of the Miles Taylor and the Golden Cape series.  I have not read the first book, but the author is kind enough to fill in any gaps within the first two chapters.  What I wasn't expecting thirty-six pages into the story was it changing into a graphic novel for the next eight pages!  Then it hops back into prose...then back into graphic novel a few chapters later, and back to prose.  Back and forth, it tells the story of Miles Taylor, an average eighth grader who happened to inherit the legacy and golden cape of Gilded, the local superhero.  The cape is powered by the wearer's good intentions, giving Miles almost limitless strength and the power to fly. 

By the time the story opens, Miles has been Gilded for an entire summer.  School seems boring by comparison; before the first bell of the new school year even rings, Miles is tempted once again to don the cape and help those in trouble.  By doing so, he's broken a promise to his father and best friend to become Gilded only in the direst of circumstances.  But the allure of being a superhero is just too strong for Miles, who feels like a nobody at home and school.  Soon he has bigger problems than fighting his dad and friend--a power-hungry Army general has had his eye on Gilded's cape, and wants it for himself. 

If you like superheroes, robots, graphic novels, and stories about the ups and downs of middle school, Rise of the Robot Army may just be the book for you!  I'd recommend it for strong third grade readers on up.

It's Monday, and I read a fun superhero book!  What are you reading this week?