Blue Avenger and the Theory of Everything

by Norma Howe

Book Overview

When David Schumacher, a 16-year-old high school junior from California, decides to change his name to Blue Avenger (after a comic book superhero he draws), his whole life takes on amazing new... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812626540
• ISBN13: 9780812626544
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Cricket Books
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

The Best of a Genre

I love Norma Howe's books. And this, the third in her series of "Blue Avenger" novels for young adults, provides plenty of thought-fodder. Reading this book doesn't necessarily force the reader into a contemplatative state... it entices it, teases it forth from that part of the reader's mind that is too often lulled into a stupor when reading books aimed at younger readers. Norma Howe will have none of that complacency, all while providing a captivating, thrilling story with amiable (if somewhat altriistic) characters you wish you knew in high school. Blue Avenger (a.k.a. David Bruce Schumacher) leads an ordinary - yet peculiarly exciting - teenaged life, lending credibility to even the most bizarre set of circumstances. Truly a challenging and enjoyable read, this book heightens the mythos surrounding our regular kid "superhero." I received my copy as a gift - and I have yet to find a way to adequately thank the giver. Norma Howe will altar the way you see some of the most commonly-accepted (or even ignored) details we've all taken for granted.