Overpowered

✍ Scribed by Mark H. Kruger

• Book ID: 100151156
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 242 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 144243130X

✦ Synopsis

The world’s safest town might actually be a deadly kind of dangerous. And Nica Ashley is about to learn the hard way. “Readers looking for suspense will find it and should enjoy the ride” (Kirkus Reviews).
Nica Ashley is accustomed to traveling the globe with her journalist mother, so when she gets sent to live in a small town with the father she barely knows, she’s in for a bit of a culture shock. Barrington prides itself on being a sleepy, family community with the lowest crime rates in the state of Colorado. There’s even a private security force run by Barrington Technology (BarTech) and a nightly curfew for all residents.

On Nica’s first day at school, she meets Jackson Winters and finds out he went from school superstar to living ghost after his girlfriend disappeared a few months ago. When Nica follows him out after curfew one night, they both witness a mysterious green flash—and the next morning the power has gone...