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By STAN KIRBY
Illustrated by GEORGE OCONNOR

New York

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Kirby, Stan. Captain Awesome goes to superhero camp / by Stan Kirby ;
illustrated by George OConnor. First edition. pages cm. (Captain Awesome
; 14) Summary: Captain Awesome and the Sunnyview Superhero Squad cant
wait to venture into the woods and get some real superhero training at Camp
Ka-Pow. That is, until they meet the Cloudy Heights Super Crew. These campers
must be supervillains in disguise Provided by publisher. [1. CampsFiction. 2.
SuperheroesFiction. 3. SupervillainsFiction.]I. OConnor, George, illustrator.
II. Title. PZ7.K633529Cagp 2015 [Fic]dc23 2014021717
ISBN 978-1-4814-3154-5 (hc)
ISBN 978-1-4814-3153-8 (pbk)
ISBN 978-1-4814-3155-2 (eBook)

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Give

me a status update,

team! Captain Awesome called

out from the head of the pack.
Captain Awesome, Supersonic
Sal, and Nacho Cheese Man were
pedaling their Cycles of Justice as
fast as they could. They were on the
lookout for danger.
No alien invasion! shouted
Supersonic Sal.
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No
vibrations
from Mole
Mandini and the
Undergrounders! Nacho Cheese
Man yelled. Whoa, stop sign!
I see it, Captain Awesome
said. The

heroes

braked

and

looked both ways. All clear, said

their leader.
Morning patrol was what all
great superheroes did. It was how
Super Dude started every day. And
Eugene McGillicudy was determined to follow his example.
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Thats right.

SUPER DUDE.
Youve never heard of him? Hes
only the worlds greatest superhero. He once tucked the
Sleepless Knight into
a prison bed with
his knockout punch.
And another time
he snapped the
Ultimate Worriers
Sword of
Complaint
right in
half!
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Super Dude was the star of

the Super Dude comic books that
Eugene and his friends Charlie
Thomas Jones and Sally Williams
read whenever they were not
watching The Adventures of Super
Dude cartoons.

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And there was so much more

time to read and watch Super
Dude during summer vacation! It was eighty-ve days
of

holiday

happiness.

And so far the rst week

had been perfect: Mr.
Drools had been sent
back to the Howling

Paw

Nebula,

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Dr. Yuck Spinach

was chased
out of town until
September,
and even
Queen Stinkypants
had a new
brand of Solar
Diapers to
keep her Galactic Gas Bombs from
gassing everyone.
But with most of the many
supervillains already taken care
of, summer vacation was starting
to get boring.
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If only there was something to

do, Eugene thought.

FLASH!
What was that? Captain Awesomes Awesome-Sense began to
tingle.
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Captain Awesome turned

to look. Suddenly, he was
blasted by dozens of bright
pink sparkles. Sparkle bomb!
he yelled as his bike hit the curb.
PLOP!
Captain Awesome landed on
the ground right in front of his archnemesis: Meredith Mooney.
Little Miss Stinky Pinky!
Captain Awesome cried. Meredith
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was standing in front of her familys van. She had a bright-pink

sleeping bag rolled up in her evil
clutches. A sparkly pink suitcase
was at her side.
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But it was
no ordinary
suitcase.
It

was

Level-Four
Stinky Pink
Sparkle Laser!
Dont

look,

Squad! That suitcase could give us

pink eye and blind us forever!
I dont have time for this,
Puke-Gene, Meredith said. Im
going to the Sparkle Princess
Camp-a-Thon. She stuffed her
sleeping bag into the backseat
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and climbed in next to it. Its girls

only, so youre not allowed! she
said. Smell you later! With that,
she slammed the door, stuck out
her tongue, and pressed it against
the window. She looked like a pink
esh-eating suckersh.

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