Acknowledgments
All the thanks to:
John Morgan, Erin Stein, and Weslie Turner at Imprint. Work shouldn’t be this fun! Eternally grateful for the opportunity and support.
Bernadette Baker-Baughman. You are just the best ever.
The Nuhfer Clan, Paul, and Einstein. Beautiful weirdos each one.
Also by Heather Nuhfer
My So-Called Superpowers
My So-Called Superpowers: Mixed Emotions
PRAISE FOR MY SO-CALLED SUPERPOWERS
“Heather Nuhfer has hilariously and achingly captured what it’s like to be in middle school, trying to control the weird things that make you different but also super. It’s impossible not to root for Veronica. Super real, super fun, and just generally and genuinely super.”
—Dana Simpson, New York Times–bestselling author of the Phoebe and Her Unicorn series
“My So-Called Superpowers is vibrant, lively, and hums along at a snappy pace. It has a genuinely warm, welcoming Saturday-morning cartoon feeling to it.”
—Tony Cliff, New York Times–bestselling author of the Delilah Dirk series
“My So-Called Superpowers is a super-engaging read with plenty of action, mystery, humor, and heart. Readers will love Veronica and her adventures!”
—Terri Libenson, author of Invisible Emmie and Positively Izzy
“Readers will be delighted at Veronica’s relatable quirkiness … A whimsical, good-humored, straightforward take on just loving yourself for who you are.”
—Booklist
“A hilarious tale of a girl so desperate to be cool that she defies her best judgment to get what she wants.”
About the Author
Heather Nuhfer was born near the Allegheny Mountains, where, from the safety of her bedroom, she wrote stories featuring her own monsters.
While working at the Jim Henson Company, Heather finally met many creatures face-to-face, including the lovable characters of Fraggle Rock. Heather scripted the lead story in Henson’s Harvey Award–nominated Fraggle Rock graphic novel series, and she is the author of several My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic graphic novels. She has also penned stories for Wonder Woman, Teen Titans GO!, The Simpsons, Scooby Doo, and Monster High, and Hasbro’s Littlest Pet Shop. My So-Called Superpowers is her first series of prose novels.
When she isn’t writing, Heather loves to knit while watching bad 1990s action movies with her beloved furbaby, Einstein. You can sign up for email updates here.
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Chapter One. Back to (UN)Cool
Chapter Three. Uninvited
Chapter Four. Let them Eat Cake. All the Cake
Chapter Five. A Mother of a Problem
Chapter Six. Transformation Tuesday
Chapter Seven. A Mother of a Problem, the Sequel
Chapter Eight. Notable Notes
Chapter Nine. The Breaker Upperer
Chapter Ten. The Powers that Be
Chapter Eleven. Forever and Never
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Also by Heather Nuhfer
Praise for My So-Called Superpowers
About the Author
Copyright
Text copyright © 2020 by Heather Nuhfer.
Illustrations copyright © 2020 by Simini Blocker.
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First hardcover edition, 2020
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