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Metro may be the oldest of the Armstrong children but that means little to him when he compares his puny size to that of his younger brothers Red and Victor. What's more annoying is that while they get all the glory and popularity, he has to pretend he is younger than them when at school to protect their secret identities as superhuman individuals that the rest of the world believes died out long ago. He wishes he had an extra supernatural ability other than his intelligence but fate has not deemed him that lucky. When he stumbles on his mother's research material, he devises a plan to finally put his siblings in their place but, as with all plans, there is a catch. Can Metro succeed in his plan without getting into trouble with his parents? Find out in Jenay Sherman's Strong.
Strong is a peculiar novel about superheroes in a world where they are anathema. Contrary to my expectations, they present themselves as a unit with very typical familial issues to solve. The characters in the story are well-rounded with each of them having characteristics that make it easy for a reader to identify with them. The youthful theme hits you throughout the novel with the banter between the characters mostly consisting of what you would expect from young adults engaged in their fair share of shenanigans. The subplots are emotional as the friction between Metro and Red is slowly dissected courtesy of some enterprising storytelling on the part of Jenay Sherman while Mrs. Armstrong's experiments belie a much deeper undertone to a fun-filled story. Ultimately, Strong comes across as a very entertaining book centered on wholesome family-oriented content that all readers would enjoy.
