Kids Ages 9-12 "...a monumentally good preteen series." - Reader's Favorite ¿¿¿¿¿ The Last Kids on Earth meet Percy Jackson There’s something different about the new kids at Jake’s middle school. One of the boys magically levitates a lunch tray with a sweep of his hand. Even more peculiar is the girl Amanda shoots green bolts of lightning from her fingertips. Average twelve-year-old Jake wants to be anything but average and doesn’t hesitate to sit at their lunch table when Amanda invites him to. 2019 LitPic Top Choice Award ¿¿¿¿¿ It’s hard for Jake to believe Amanda when she tells him she’s a princess from another planet and he has a pivotal role in keeping the universe safe. Now he’s doing everything he can to protect her from wild animals (including a dinosaur!) and a bad dude from another world. This action-packed fantasy from Amazon best-selling and award-winning author David Blaze is popular with elementary and middle-grade readers of Rick Riordan, J. K. Rowling, Jeff Kinney, and Max Brallier. Jake will have to harness the magic within himself to fight evil and decide if he’s just an average kid or if he was always epic. Every reader is sure to root for him as an underdog right from the start of this book. Epic Kids is a fast-paced read with tons of action, fantasy, and humor, and is short enough to hook even the most reluctant readers until the very end! Enjoyed by kids, parents, teachers, and librarians.