King Me! - Modica, Marianne

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Résumé :
Life couldn't be better for ten-year-old Ryan King. He spends his days playing video games, riding his bike, or snuggled close to his dad as they follow the adventures of their favorite comic book superheroes, the Inhumans. Then one day Dad gets a troubling phone call and nothing will ever be the same. Ryan finds himself in a new home and a new school, with new friends and a new foe, and with only his imaginary superheroes to help him. But who will come to his rescue when real-life bullies threaten? Where is Dad when Ryan needs him most? King Me! is the story of a young boy who learns to use the superpower of his voice to help himself and those he loves.

Biographie:
Marianne Modica is a professor of education at University of Valley Forge in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. She is the author of several academic articles on the topic of race in education, an ethnography titled Race Among Friends, and three novels for YA and middle grade audiences, The R Word, King Me, and Green World Gray.