{"id":15097,"date":"2026-04-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=15097"},"modified":"2026-04-28T08:06:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:06:34","slug":"x-is-for-leon-the-extraordinary-by-jamar-nicholas-mg-graphic-novel-a2z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=15097","title":{"rendered":"X is for LEON THE EXTRAORDINARY, by Jamar Nicholas (MG Graphic Novel) #A2Z"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"467\" height=\"700\" data-attachment-id=\"15229\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=15229\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Leon-the-Extraordinary.jpg?fit=467%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"467,700\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Leon the Extraordinary\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Leon-the-Extraordinary.jpg?fit=467%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Leon-the-Extraordinary.jpg?resize=467%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A sneaker-clad Black boy wearing green gloves, goggles, cape &amp; utility belt is in mid-air in front of city skyscrapers with 2 different superheroes far behind him in the partly cloudy blue sky, below book title Leon the Extraordinary, by Jamar Nicholas \" class=\"wp-image-15229\" style=\"width:320px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Leon-the-Extraordinary.jpg?w=467&amp;ssl=1 467w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Leon-the-Extraordinary.jpg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Leon-the-Extraordinary.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Superheroes &#8211; yay!  <br \/>Supervillains &#8211; boo!  <br \/>Ordinary people\u2026 yawn.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a town filled with superheroes and supervillains, Leon is just\u2026not-super. Best friend Carlos draws amazing comics, and Carlos&#8217; mom is a super baker, but ordinary Leon can&#8217;t even convince his mom to get him a cellphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wearing superhero garb to school can&#8217;t give the fifth grader superpowers, but he can feel his common sense tingling when there&#8217;s a problem situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uh, oh. Clementine and her hall monitors are charging kids money to get to class safely? And she invites Leon to her superhero birthday party just to make fun of him! Grrr\u2026she&#8217;s a problem that Leon can&#8217;t solve (yet).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yikes! This new game Bholder has kids glued to their cellphones, making them act like zombies &#8211; real zombies who are ordered to get Leon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Somehow Leon and Carlos must team up with Clementine to solve this problem before everyone in town with a cellphone is part of the mob.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which of Leon&#8217;s inventions can help them free their classmates? <br \/>Who is behind this terrible game app? <br \/>Why are some people superheroes and others supervillains? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First in the series, followed by <em>Leon: Worst Friends Forever<\/em>  (book 2) and <em>Leon and the Big, Big Problem<\/em>  (book 3, releasing January 2027).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who&#8217;s your favorite less-known superhero?<br \/>**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Book info<\/strong>: Leon the Extraordinary \/ Jamar Nicholas; color by Bonaia Rosada. Graphix\/Scholastic, 2022 [author\/artist site <a href=\"https:\/\/jamarnicholas.weebly.com\/jamar-nicholas.html\">https:\/\/jamarnicholas.weebly.com\/jamar-nicholas.html<\/a>] [publisher site <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.scholastic.com\/parent-ecommerce\/books\/leon-the-extraordinary-1-9781338744156.html\">https:\/\/shop.scholastic.com\/parent-ecommerce\/books\/leon-the-extraordinary-1-9781338744156.html<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n <span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"714\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yYK65GdgbUw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Superheroes &#8211; yay! 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