Zeroes

By Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, Deborah Biancotti

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Six teenagers.
Six unique powers.
One bag of stolen drug money.
One bungled bank robbery.
One action-packed week.

Ethan, aka Scam, has a way with words. But Scam isn't just a smooth talker - he has a voice inside him that'll say whatever people want…

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1 author picked Zeroes as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Fiona J. R. Titchenell

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For a grounded take on superheroes in novel form, it’s hard to go wrong with Zeroes. This one isn’t about its bright costumes or cackling villains. It’s about a motley group of superpowered teens who can occasionally be called friends, and who do their best to become the superhero team that some of them feel they should be. The results are about as polished and stable as you’d expect. Not from a book, but from your actual high school clique given superpowers. What I love about this one is that it doesn’t re-hash the conflicts that go with the…

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