Shazam!

Written by Calliope Glass

One magic word turns a foster kid into an adult superhero facing a dangerous villain.

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160 pages· ~720L· AR ~4.7

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Bookroo's summary

Fourteen-year-old foster kid Billy Batson can shout one word, Shazam, and turn into an adult superhero, thanks to an ancient wizard. With his new foster brother, Freddy, Billy tests powers like flight and bullet immunity, but he has to learn to use them in time to stop Dr. Thaddeus Sivana and the forces of evil he controls. A retelling of the 2019 Shazam! film, with a color insert.

From the publisher

Shazam! is coming to theaters in Spring 2019 from Warner Bros. Pictures, starring Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer, and more.Shazam: The Deluxe Junior Novel is based on the upcoming New Line Cinema major motion picture. This handsome paper-over-board edition contains exclusive scenes and an eight-page, full-color insert.We all have a super hero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out...By shouting just one word--SHAZAM!--Billy Batson, the street-wise fourteen-year-old foster kid from Philadelphia, can magically transform into the adult super hero Shazam, courtesy of an ancient wizard.Will Billy and his new foster brother, Freddy, learn to harness Billy's newfound superpowers like flight and bullet immunity in time to fight the dangerous forces of evil controlled by Dr. Thaddeus Sivana?

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