How to Be a Supervillain, Michael Fry
How to Be a Supervillain, Michael Fry
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How to Be a Supervillain

Author: Michael Fry, James Patterson

Narrator: Noah Smith

Unabridged: 3 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/02/2017

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

In this rollicking middle-grade adventure and national bestseller, Michael Fry's witty text and hysterical artwork combines superhero action with classic fish-out-of-water humor.

Victor Spoil comes from a long line of famous supervillains and he's fully expected to join their ranks one day. But to his family's utter disappointment, Victor doesn't have a single bad-guy bone in his body. He won't run with scissors, he always finishes his peas, and he can't stand to be messy. Hopeless!

As a last-ditch effort before they give up and let him be a -- gasp! -- civilian, Victor's exasperated parents send him to apprentice under a disgraced supervillain called The Smear. This matchup starts off as a complete disaster, but Victor and The Smear eventually find that they have a lot to learn from each other. When the stakes get high as Victor is forced to choose between his mentor and his family morals (or lack thereof) . . . what will the world's nicest bad guy do?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on November 12, 2018

I love this book. But then again I wrote and illustrated it. So I might be biased. Yes, there are tips on how to be a Supervillain (evil laugh, monologue-ing, etc..), but there's so much more. At its heart this is story about how good and evil are two sides of the same coin. And it's got space plane......more

Goodreads review by JohnnyBear on January 28, 2022

Strong 6 out of 10 How to Be a Supervillain is a book about a little boy named Victor. Victor was born into a supervillain family, but Victor doesn't really feel like a supervillain. Victor's parents don't understand why Victor acts like a superhero instead of a supervillain, so they have Victor go......more

Goodreads review by Cris on October 22, 2022

Victor is from a long history of villains. Just one problem, Victor is a nice guy. He’s interning for the Smear, making his Twenty Year Return! What can go wrong?! We were listening to this in the car on audio, but it kept referencing the PDF. Which left a lot hanging. Either adapt the book or don’t.......more

Goodreads review by Brenda on November 17, 2018

Half book and half comic, How to Be a Supervillain follows Victor in his efforts to stop being good and be a force of evil. Except he doesn’t like to be rude and his mentor is a hack named the Smear. There’s a surprising amount of depth to such a silly novel, and though there’s bits that are purely......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on April 09, 2017

Victor is a disappointment to his supervillain parents. He’s polite. He eats his peas. He’s tidy. His parents arrange for him to be the apprentice of the supervillain The Smear, hoping that he’ll learn to be bad because even though superhero vs. supervillain fights are scripted now, you still have t......more


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Praise for How to Be a Supervillain:
A National Bestseller!An IndieBound Bestseller!A Parents' Choice Award(R) Winner!

"The irreverent humor that middle graders relish will go a long way to capturing their interest. Superhero fans will enjoy this tongue-in-cheek take on the genre."—School Library Journal

"In this clever world, Over the Hedge comic-strip author Fry achieves an ideal balance of humor, poignancy, and zippy superhero/bad guy action, punctuated with frequent amusing black and white illustrations."—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"Fry has written a hilarious story about an unlikely hero and masterfully incorporates the illustrations into the narrative. Victor's story is sure to be a hit among reluctant readers and fans of illustrated novels."
Booklist

"This riotous story about heroes and villains will leave kids howling for more!"—Lincoln Peirce, New York Times bestselling author of the BIG NATE series

"Being bad at being bad has never been such good fun!"—Chris Grabenstein, NYT Bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

"Part novel, part comic, Michael Fry's humor shines in Victor Spoil's journey to discovering his true self!"—Dan Santat, Caldecott-medal-winning author of The Adventures of Beekle and illustrator of the Mighty Robot series with Dav Pilkey