The Disability Book Archive

[ID: A book cover. The top and bottom of the cover are red. A city landscape is in the background, in the centre, covered by a purple cloud. Two people stand in the centre, hued blue. One is wearing a long sleeved shirt, long pants, shoes and glasses. They are looking at the person on their left, who is wearing a long sleeved hoodie, jeans and laced boots, and looking up at the sky while pointing. Across the centre of the cover, and the people, the title reads “The Extraordinaries” in large white lettering. At the top of the cover, just above where the second person is pointing, the tag line reads “Some people are extraordinary. Some are just extra” in smaller white writing. The author’s name “TJ Klune” is at the bottom of the cover in white caps. /end]

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Content Warning:

• Death of A Parent
• Panic Attacks
• Police Brutality
• Violence
• Ableism

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Summary:

Some people are extraordinary. Some are just extra. TJ Klune’s YA debut, The Extraordinaries, is a queer coming-of-age story about a fanboy with ADHD and the heroes he loves.

Nick Bell? Not extraordinary. But being the most popular fanfiction writer in the Extraordinaries fandom is a superpower, right?

After a chance encounter with Shadow Star, Nova City’s mightiest hero (and Nick’s biggest crush), Nick sets out to make himself extraordinary. And he’ll do it with or without the reluctant help of Seth Gray, Nick’s best friend (and maybe the love of his life).

Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl meets Marissa Meyer’s Renegades in TJ Klune’s YA debut.

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Notes:

This is the first book in the The Extraordinaries series.

There is a kindle, ebook and audiobook version.

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Archivist Comments:

I can’t even say “it’s the stuff of fanfiction” because it…literally is. Fanfiction is a noticable thing in the book! It’s giving Boku No Hero honestly /j.

So when I’m doing these entries I end up reading a lot of reviews on the books to scavenge as much information as I possibly can, and I spoiled the twist because of it, but it wasn’t what I was expecting actually so that was quite a pleasant surprise.

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