A fantastic story, thrillingly told. This book has a superpower you can t put it down. Jonathan Stroud, author of the bestselling Bartimaeus Trilogy The truth about the Super children who have real powers like flight and super strength is finally exposed, and the town of Noble s Green has created a special boarding school for its superpowered children. That s where all Daniel s friends are headed, while he regular kid that he is is headed to summer school. But all is not well at the Academy for the Extraordinarily Gifted. A clique of popular kids (led by a pair of sinister twins) has taken over the school, and once again, it s powerless Daniel who may be able to stop them. To do so, he will have to turn to his sworn enemy, the Shroud, for help."