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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).
Review:
TJ Klune writes fun, hilarious YA stories and The Extraordinaries is a book in this vein. I’m not a huge fan of superhero novels, only because I feel like our media has been saturated with them, but this is an adorable entry featuring Klune’s excellent, writing. It’s hard not to love it.
Nick Bell is an ordinary teenager with ADHD who lives with his dad. He’s the author of popular fanfic about The Extraordinaries based on his favorite superhero, Shadow Star. Nick has a thing for Shadow Star, and when he meets him in real life, I felt it so hard. I would have been the extra idiot in this scenario and Klune pulls it off beautifully.
I love recommending this story to older teen readers because it handles the romance, Nick’s disability, his relationship with his father, and his support/friendship group with such grace and humor, I want everyone to be wrapped in that kind of warmth and understanding.
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