Meet Amy Ignatow
Amy Ignatow is an illustrator and teacher who has also
been a farmer, a florist, a short-order vegan cook, a dancing chicken, an SAT
prep instructor, a telefundraiser, a wedding singer, a ghost-writer for
internet personal ads, a reporter, and an air-brush face and body painter
working under the name "Ooga". She graduated from Moore College of
Art and Design and lives in Philadelphia with her husband Mark and their cat,
Mathilda, whom they believe to be well-meaning despite all evidence to the
contrary. Her first series of books, The
Popularity Papers, is a Big Blue Marble bestseller, with legions of
middle-grade fans.
Meet Amy's New Series!
The Mighty Odds is The Breakfast Club for a new generation.
From the renowned author/illustrator of the Popularity Papers series, Amy
Ignatow, comes the first installment in a new series about a diverse
crew of middle school kids who develop very limited superhero powers
after a strange accident and manage to become unlikely friends on the
adventure of a lifetime.When a sweet nerd, an artsy cartoonist, a social outcast, and the most popular girl in school are involved in a mysterious bus accident, this seemingly random group of kids starts to notice some very strange abilities they did not have before. Artsy Martina can change her eye color. Nerdy Nick can teleport . . . four inches to the left. Outcast Farshad develops super strength, but only in his thumbs. And Cookie, the It Girl of school’s most popular clique, has suddenly developed the ability to read minds . . . when those minds are thinking about directions. They are oddly mighty—especially together.
This group—who would never hang out under normal circumstances—must now combine all of their strengths to figure out what happened during the bus accident. With alternating narratives from each of the heroes, including illustrated pieces from Martina, and featuring bold female superheroes and a multicultural cast, The Mighty Odds is The Breakfast Club for a new generation.
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