#92 Captain Nobody

Have you ever felt like nobody even knows you're around? Newt Newman feels that way. His parents are super busy, his big brother is a football star, and even in school Newt and his friends JJ and Cecil are ignored. Newt is disregarded so much that during the biggest football game of the year he gets squeezed out of his seat and kicked out of the stadium when he can't find his ticket. He tries to explain that he is Chris Newman's brother, but all people say is "I didn't know Chris Newman HAD a brother!"

At the end of the big game, however, Chris scores the winning touchdown and is knocked out from a hard hit to the helmet. He falls into an unexplained coma, which keeps Newt's parents even busier, and Newt is left alone. It's Halloween - and Newt pulls on a costume to go out with his friends. When asked who he is, he replies "Captain Nobody!" and this begins his week of fame as a hero himself. You see, as Captain Nobody, Newt is brave enough to help a lost neighbor, prevent a robbery, and even clear out a highway so an airplane can land on it. Why, he's even brave enough to climb way up to the top of....oh wait, I'd better keep that part a secret!

Newt has so many great qualities that it's hard to imagine he could be ignored. He literally takes care of his parents all by himself - making breakfast and keeping track of their schedules. Newt is a fantastic artist with a wonderful imagination. If he was a student in our school I'm certain he would be a popular kid!
The story gets better and more exciting with each chapter - and the ending is terrific! This book is a 2011-12 Maud Hart Lovelace nominee, so it is one you'll be sure to want to read!

Here's the Captain Nobody website: http://www.captainnobody.com/ for you to enjoy as well.