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Sidekicks
Jack D. Ferraiolo
Hello everyone this is Derek Yeh with another great book review. Today I will be reviewing the book Sidekicks by Jack D. Ferraiolo. The book is about a boy named Scott Hutchinson who is a sidekick to big time hero Phantom Justice. He is just a normal kid that goes to an expensive private school with many famous kids, not popular and not standing out in any way. However this is what Scott wants others to think so that he remains inconspicuous, so no one will ever think that he is the famous Bright Boy, a superhuman sidekick to Phantom Justice. He meets many conflicts along the way such as finding out that his lifelong arch nemesis Monkeywrench, a superhuman and sidekick to Dr. Chaos, the main antagonist, is actually a girl named Allison that attends the same school as him. They seem to be the exact opposites of each other as Allison is a popular pretty girl and Scott is only a quiet guy that nobody notices but yet they start to hang out and get to know a lot about each other and they secretly fall deeply in love causing problems between the sides of good and evil, the security of his identity and the safety of his loved ones. Scott has to figure out whether the love between Alisson and him is real or if Allison is just using him to destroy him and Phantom Justice for Dr. Chaos. Moments include choosing between justice or love. Choosing between an amazing individual life that Scott has never had before with Allison or remaining to be a sidekick fighting for justice against evil. There are many emotional moments and twists in the story. One emotional moment would be when Scott finds out Phantom Justice and his butler Louis are dead. Things get very emotional as shown in the book “Louis… I whisper. My eyes sting as tears start to form. This isn’t real, It’s not real.” Lastly, some devices used by the author include sexual humor, characterization, pathos and sarcasm. Overall I think this book is good, it feels a bit cliché but it had its intense emotional moments. I would recommend it as it is very interesting with its twists, humor and my favorite part, big font which makes it less intimidating to read.
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