The Extraordinaries (The Extraordinaries, 1)

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Some people are extraordinary. Some are just extra. New York Times bestselling author 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).

Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl meets Marissa Meyer's Renegades in TJ Klune's YA debut.
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400 pages

Average rating: 8.32

22 RATINGS

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Anonymous
Mar 13, 2024
10/10 stars
Fremdschämen for sure but also so many squees.
happeninheidi
Jul 05, 2023
8/10 stars
Okay. First and foremost, I love both of T.J.Klune’s adult works, and in general I adore YA books, so a YA book by Klune should be perfection, right? I was instantly hooked on this one. Having said that it was a bit… scattered. It took a bit for the pieces to click for me and for this book to really get going. That isn’t to say it wasn’t good, bc it is, but Klune’s adult works feel so much more together than this one?

I loved Seth, but wasn’t th...read more
btwnprintedpgs
Mar 23, 2023
8/10 stars
This book was CHAOS. I wanted to DNF from the prologue alone, and now that I've binged it, I am thoroughly invested in the characters and their stories and am on the verge of instantly picking up its sequel. Nick is absolutely everywhere. If I knew how to, I'd insert a gif of Britta from Community yelling, "High on my own drama!?" cause that's Nick. He has ADHD and we meet him while he's hyper fixating on Shadow Star - a batman-esque hero who ha...read more

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