Watch out. Things Are About To Get Really BAD.

Wistful YA is my reoccurring spotlight, giving young adult literature center stage.

Today I have a brief excerpt and book highlight from a really terrific series. I read book one of the SUPER BAD series. If you're interested, you can find my thoughts HERE. 

Excerpt from Super Bad:

Looking around the room Sandra asked, “Is this an FVA party? It seems too far away.”

“No. SVA. You didn’t even know which school’s party you were crashing?” Disdain dripped from Oceanus’s words.

The condescending tone was too much. Hadn’t she been nice to Oceanus when she dropped by unexpectedly? Anger surged inside Sandra. “What does it even matter? The schools are all balanced now anyway. Thanks to you!”

Lexa’s mouth dropped open.

Oceanus clenched her fists. “I told you, I had nothing to do with it.”

Before Sandra could spit back a reply, a boy sidled up to Oceanus, his eyes scanning the partygoers.

“Hey, babe. Those mozzarella things you made were a huge hit. Can you make more?” The boy ran his hand down her back and finally dropped his gaze to Oceanus. “What’s wrong?”

He followed her glower and squinted at Sandra. “Do I know you?”

“Aaaahhh!” Sandra yelled. “You arrogant jerk.”

She spun toward Lexa, who was all but drooling over the boy. “Let’s go!”

“What?” Lexa exclaimed.

The boy frowned. “So obviously I’m supposed to know you.”

“Set, it’s Sandra. Polar’s sister,” Oceanus grumbled.

“Ah, right. You cut your hair,” he said.

“Yeah, one does that after it’s burned off!” Sandra tugged on Lexa’s arm. “We can’t stay here.”

SUPER BAD 

The unexpected conclusion to the Super Villain Academy series.

The world is in chaos. Violence and thievery reign. And with the supers still balanced, it’s only getting worse. Without good versus evil, the supers care less and less. In order to restore purpose, the world needs its super heroes and its super villains, but the one who balanced them in the first place is missing.

Sandra’s concern over finding her brother, Jeff, isn’t her only problem. Her pathetic excuse for super powers has left her needing a new ankle. And though she’s still very much committed to her boyfriend, Source, she’s growing unreasonably attracted to Set, the boy who double crossed Jeff by stealing his girlfriend.

When Sandra is taken and held as bait by kids who want to unbalance the super world, it becomes the inciting event that changes things for supers everywhere and forces them to answer the question, “Hero or villain?”

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King of Bad - Jeff Mean would rather set fires than follow rules. He wears his bad boy image like a favorite old hoodie; until he learns he has superpowers and is recruited by Super Villain Academy – where you learn to be good at being bad. Is Jeff bad enough for SVA?

Polar Opposites - Heroes and villains are balanced. After Oceanus is kidnapped, Jeff learns the supers are so balanced, they no longer care to get involved. Ironically Jeff’s superpowers are spiraling out of control. Will they find Oci before he looses it completely, and will they find her alive?

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About the author:

When her children were young and the electricity winked out, Kai Strand gathered her family around the fireplace and they told stories, one sentence at a time. Her boys were rather fond of the ending, “And then everybody died. The end.” Now an award winning children’s author, Kai crafts fiction for kids and teens to provide an escape hatch from their reality. With a selection of novels for young adult and middle grade readers and short stories for the younger ones, Kai entertains children of all ages, and their adults. Learn more about Kai and her books on her website, www.kaistrand.com.