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Disabled Middle School Superheroes for You

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Disabled Middle School Superheroes for You – Find out what my imagination has unleashed: this powerful Secret Supers team go from their special ed class to lives of fighting crime.

In this blog post, you’ll read what Audiobook listeners think in their reviews.

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And now, the disabled middle school superheroes reviews.

Everyone can be brave and heroic

  • Overall    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story    4 out of 5 stars
  • 03-07-20
Disabled Middle School Superheroes
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I love that someone is writing fun superstories in which disabled and differently abled kids can see themselves as potentially brave and heroic. The story doesn’t just show them doing impossible things that fully abled people can’t even do; it shows them using their heads to solve problems and cooperating together to use their different gifts to change the world for the better. And it’s well told, with a youthful sounding narrator that highlights the 12-13 years of the characters.

I received this free audiobook and voluntarily left this honest review.

Krista Gimeno

This book was so cute!

  • Overall    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story    5 out of 5 stars
  • 01-14-20
Disabled Middle School Superheroes
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Let me just say I love this narrator. His voice went perfectly with the story. This book is about disabled people getting super powers and I thought it was awesome. This is a great book for those with disabilities and older children without disabilities. I think we all imagine what it would be like to have superpowers and then this book will find out what these kids do with their super powers.

Janalyn

Fun MG fiction

  • Overall    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story    3 out of 5 stars
  • 12-12-20
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Mr Andy Zach has crafted a fun story of different-able kids becoming superheroes.

I don’t read much MG fiction, but it was a nice light read. It did feel at times that everything was too easily overcome and the kids only wear super suits once.

It was also interesting to hear what sounded like a middle grade student as the narrator. This had pros and cons for me. It worked for the kids, but some of his adult voices…

Overall, worth a listen, fun story, and likable characters.

Jacob Pitts

Fun for Young Readers

  • Overall    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    2 out of 5 stars
  • Story    4 out of 5 stars
  • 08-18-20
Disabled Middle School Superheroes
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In a straightforward plot/storyline that won’t be confused with SciFi, 4 disabled kids become “enabled,” even Super! They are good kids with good intentions and they do the right thing. The parents are all involved, and the community is a middle-class ideal. A sweet read/listen for the suggested reader age range of 10-15.

JH & DDDH

Timeout from Disabled Middle School Superheroes

We have a break from our superheroes to bring you:

A super middle school xylophonist

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Secret Supers

  • Overall    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story    4 out of 5 stars
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This was a good book.In it anyone can be a super hero! Luke Castle was a fine narrator.I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.’ 

Deedra

Great story, not so great narration

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  • Overall    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    2 out of 5 stars
  • Story    5 out of 5 stars
  • 06-20-20

There’s so much awesome stuff happening in this book! I really enjoyed the story, especially the backbone of it. Each of these kids (Jeremy, Dan, Kayla, and Aubrey) has their own disability and when Jeremy stumbles upon a way to give each of them a super power, they still have to deal with real life. The super power doesn’t take away or negate their disability but it does give them an edge. Plus, they learn to work together as team, using their individual powers to boost each other. Just a fantastic premise for a story.

The story is definitely geared towards kids, as the plot is pretty straight forward and there’s little conflict among the characters. Our heroes already have a fight on their hands – just being accepted in regular society. In fact, the big hurdle in the book deals with that at their public school. I really liked how they pulled together to tackle the problem and how their efforts pulled in their friends, family, and community.

The end leaves us on a triumphant note as well as hinting as more to come. I hope this is just the start of a series. Jeremy needs to keep a close eye on his pet hamster. I kinda hope that hamster becomes the master mind. Ha! 5/5 stars.

DabOfDarkness

The Narration – Disabled Middle School Superheroes

Luke Castle gets an A for effort but a C for product. Castle had a perfect voice for Jeremy, capturing the character’s young earnest voice. Castle’s female character voices need more femininity. Many of them sounded very cartoony. I appreciate Castle’s attempts at regional and foreign accents, but they were hit and miss or way over done (like the Georgia peach and the California valley girl). The pacing was a bit off too, often with long pauses in between chapters (at first, I thought my player had stalled). Castle does a good job capturing the various emotions of the characters. Other than the long pauses in between the chapters, there were no technical issues with the recording. 2.5/5 stars.

I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Andy Zach. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.

DabOfDarkness

An inspiring, entertaining and happy story

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  • Overall    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story    5 out of 5 stars
  • 06-20-20

This is a story filled with joy an overcoming obstacles. in these dark times an uplifting tale is needed with the the human spirit meeting the challenges of life with positive mind set and a bit of hard work. The fact that these children are “supers” in this story does not diminish the lesson it teaches. A must listen for young folks and their parents.

Virgil Perryman

A cool middle grade story about handicapped superheroes

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  • Overall    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story    4 out of 5 stars
  • 05-29-20

Secret Supers is a really cool middle grade story about a bunch of handicapped kids that gain superpowers. The story is written for a younger audience, so it might not appeal to older readers, but I bet kids will really enjoy it, and it is wonderful to see the kids in the story empowered.

The narrator takes a bit of getting used to. He uses a rather nasally voice for one of the main characters that can be hard to listen to. But he is pretty good at character voices, and he grew on me as the book progressed. Unfortunately there is a bit of background noise in the recording which can be distracting.

I received this audiobook at no-cost from Audiobookworm Promotions. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.

John

Great book for the kids.

Disabled Middle School Superheroes
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  • Overall    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story    4 out of 5 stars
  • 05-17-20

Pretty good Audiobook for the younger kids. My son thought he’d like to have Super Powers now too.

Walt

Disabled Middle School Superheroes Intermission Number 2

Here we have a superhero pilot. Note that he’s landing during Hurricane Dennis.

Now I return you to your normal disabled middle school superheroes reviews.

Uplifting

Disables Middle School Superheroes
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  • Overall    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story    4 out of 5 stars
  • 05-07-20

Secret Supers is such a fun story, and it has a great message. I listened with my mid-grade kiddos, one boy and one girl, and they both enjoyed the story. The target audience may be mid-grade kids, but this is the type of story that is entertaining for both kids and adults.


This book is fast-paced and just loads of fun from start to finish, and it has such a positive vibe. The kids each have a different disability, and those disabilities are handled honestly while still keeping an upbeat vibe. I love how their individual super powers gave them what they needed, and the four together complimented each other so well. The kids are all lovable and quirky, and you can’t help but root for their successes and smile when they do succeed.

Momma Becky

Narration Comments – Disabled Middle School Superheroes

It’s interesting that the story is narrated by a teenager. In fact, my kiddos noticed it right away and commented about it. It gave them a whole new appreciation for audiobooks, and they’ll both be looking for more stories narrated by Luke Castle. This young man really seems to enjoy himself as he narrates this book, and that certainly comes through. For me, some of the voices were maybe a little over the top, but my tweens had no complaints, and since this is a mid-grade story, I would say that’s the most important thing. They were thoroughly entertained by both Andy Zach’s story and Luke Castle’s performance, and I have to say that the two do go well together.


All in all, Andy Zach has done a terrific job with this book. The story and its characters are a positive force in a world that is all too often focused on the negative, and it all comes together for one entertaining and uplifting listen for kids of all ages.

Momma Becky

This is truly amazing

Disables Middle School Superheroes
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  • Overall    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story    5 out of 5 stars
  • 05-04-20

This book is fantastic. It has a fantastic story line, great character development, but most of all, the narration was on point. Luke Castle deserves a Grammy, nay, an Emmy, for this reading. Everything from his impressions to his transitions, and everything in between. Truly an amazing book with top-tier narration. A+

GardenDude

What can 4 Disabled Children can do and will do!

Disables Middle School Superheroes
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  • Overall    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story    4 out of 5 stars
  • 05-02-20

Yes this is an audiobook for kids but I found it very interesting due to that is a good lesson for both children and adults handicapped or not. And that lesson if you want something so bad enough you are willing to work hard to get it or achieve a goal that everyone thinks you can not do.

You have the following characters a above average boy, a black blind boy, a young girl who has lost her legs and finally a young girl who has lost the ability to speak or sing. I believe kids would really like this audible because the story is based both on their abilities and disabilities and how they learn from the disabilities but grow and learn as a person and the friendship between the four.

When you have a battle to fight or someone is causing your problems when you have friends you can overcome the problem here was raising $100,000 to cover the shortage on the school year budget or all handicapped children would be bused to another school and maybe not be together. They raised the money by doing the impossible and proving everyone in the city that even though they are handicapped they gave a lots to offer and did not need to be separated from family and friends.

There is a lots more to this book and personally believe you would enjoy the book it brings a smile, a chuckle and a laugh as the story is told and you live the lives of four amazing and awesome handicapped kids.

harlequinjester

Every kid wants to be a superhero.

Jeremy Gentle
Jeremy, seventh-grade superhero
  • Overall    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    2 out of 5 stars
  • Story    3 out of 5 stars
  • 03-23-20

Four differently-abled kids suddenly gain superpowers and use them to fight crime. How cool is that? Any kid would love to have powers. They used teamwork and demonstrated compassion for others. They also had a lot of fun.

The narration was a bit weird. All the voices sound really nasal. At first I laughed, then for about five minutes I thought they were cute, then I just found the voices annoying. Kids will probably not care about that. I imagine they’ll just enjoy thinking about what they would do with superpowers.

I received a free copy of this audiobook.

1OldGal

Anyone can be a Super

Love These Superheroes
Dan Elanga, blind superhero
  • Overall    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story    4 out of 5 stars
  • 11-29-21

Good storyline and fair plot. The narrator’s voice wasn’t the right one for the book. For me his voice was distracting as he tried to do the different characters.

Reginald Sigler

Secret Supers – Disabled Middle School Superheroes

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Kayla Verdera, disabled superhero
  • Overall    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story    5 out of 5 stars
  • 05-14-21

An inventive book and story. I can’t thank the author enough being a disabled adult. A great read for everyone young and old.

Kindle Customer

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Aubrey, superpowered heroine. Short two legs.
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What Audiobook Listeners Say About My Undead Mother-in-law

My Undead Mother-in-law, the second book I wrote, now the third in my series (Zombie Detective occurs before it) has been published for four years. What do readers and audiobook listeners say about it?

Find out below!

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Reviews of My Undead Mother-in-law
  • Overall    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story    4 out of 5 stars
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Outlandish Fun

Andy Zach continues his unrelenting attack on the horror/zombie genre with outlandish humor. What will society do with the new human zombies after the havoc caused by The Turkey Zombies?!? That was a rhetorical question…so just laugh! 😉

Audiobook Listeners Continue to Speak Out

  • Overall    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story    4 out of 5 stars
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Most adorable mother-in-law ever

Note: While this is Book 2 in the series, it works pretty well as a stand alone story.

Set several months after the zombie turkey outbreak of Book 1, the contagion continues to pop up in other species. Now that several zombie humans have been created, the government can no longer hide it. In fact, most zombie humans continue to work, play, cook, attend church, and have family get-togethers.

Diane is such a fun mother-in-law! She’s a bit overbearing but ferociously protective of her family. I love her dedication to zombie acceptance and beating down zombie stereotypes. Also, she’s a great brawler. I would not want to be on any team opposing Diane!

The zombie critters were great too! I love that the contaminated corn (the suspected source of the zombie outbreaks) is still the main suspected source of these new zombie species – like snakes and chipmunks. That scene with the rat and the snake hijacking the plane – haha! This story had me chuckling often.

I did miss Sam and Lisa from Book 1 but they do have minor roles in this book. In fact, seeing what this book does to them, I really hope we see more of them in Book 3. While there isn’t nearly as many zombie turkeys, we do get a few zombie turkey gobbles in this tale (which makes me laugh like a maniacal little kid).

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Overall, this was a fun story though I did enjoy Book 1 a smidge more. This story had a few slow moments, but Diane would usually rescue us and bring life back to the tale. The end of the story leaves us having a lengthy ceremony and dinner with a political figure and I found that to be a little off-putting. While Book 1 had a different political figure, he was caught up in the action and we didn’t get long speeches from him. In this book, we get a few long speeches from this political figure and I found it a little boring. Plus I read to escape today’s politics and having those politics invade my books is a little grating. Despite that, I look forward to Book 3. 4.5/5 stars.

The Narration: Phil Blechman and Raven Perez continue to do a great job with this series. I love Blechman’s zombie turkey calls – makes me laugh every time no matter how gruesome the scene. Perez was spectacular as Diane – loud, proud, boisterous, hilarious. The technical recording quality is also top notch. Blechman and Perez sound like they are in the same room for the recording. It’s seamless when they trade off or even back and forth in the same conversation. Excellent all around! 5/5 stars.

Audiobook Listeners Third Review

  • Overall    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story    5 out of 5 stars
My Undead Mother-in-law Audiobook
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Great Book! Fun Twist to Zombie Story!

Not your usual zombie story. This one is fun and funny. I laughed several times throughout the story. I’m looking forward to the next installment of the series.


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  • Overall    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story    5 out of 5 stars
My Undead Mother-in-law Audiobook
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Gotta love these books.

Andy Zach has done it again for me, I love the Audiobooks. The Performances by Raven Perez, and Phil Blechman, are outrageously Great. Not too many turkey gobbling sounds in this story, but I can live with that. Read the first book and you’ll understand. All in all, I’d double the number of stars for the first book, and this one if I could.

  • Overall    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story    5 out of 5 stars
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Funny

Very entertaining. Didn’t know what to expect other than I thought it would be amusing. It was! I played some for my husband and laughed tears at one point just as I had.

  • Overall    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story    5 out of 5 stars
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Perhaps Andy could titled this Supers’ Origins

it a super story about a super mother in law. father in law, brother and sister in law and a bunch of “Sidekicks” real impressive side kicks. Good triumph over evil through pain and persistence and a real bad villan is finally defeated; or is he? The Narration is outrageously hilarious and so “Camp” that I smile when I think about this listen. I am becoming a lover of Zombisim, in fact long live Zombies, no perhaps live isn’t quite the right word. Any way If a great listen is what you need these days first listen to Andy’s first book Zombie Turkeys “gooble gooble” and than for a continuous great listen meet the mother in law.

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Your Thirteenth Literary Gift Andy Zach Newsletter Zombie Detective Audiobook

Zombie Detective Audiobook Preview – My latest book Zombie Detective is on sale. (Click here to get it before the sale ends) I’m giving you a preview of this audiobook! This is the first time I’ve EVER uploaded a pre-production version of any audiobook.

Now, this audiobook won’t be published until Christmas. If you’re dying to hear more of this story, check out the other audiobooks in the Life After Life Chronicles series. I list them below.

Ace zombie reporter Sam Melvin has been fired–by his wife, Lisa. Their paper, The Midley Beacon, is barely surviving. How will they make ends meet?

Sam decides to give being a detective a try. He advertises his business–but his zombie experience comes with it. All across the country, people bring their zombie problems to Sam. Squirrels? Bulls? Sam’s on the case. But can his experience with zombie turkeys transfer?

Sam finds out in a series of deadly adventures–and so will you when you read this book. See if you can keep from dying from laughter.

From Zombie Detective

Zombie Turkeys – The Zombie Detective Audiobook Story Begins

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Sam Melvin, an underachieving e-reporter from a small town, changes forever when he meets turkeys that won’t stay dead. You can shoot ’em, chop ’em, burn ’em—they come back stronger. The undead plague of poultry spreads uncontrollably, rocking the whole country.

Sam’s editor, Lisa Kambacher, snipes at Sam for plebeian writing but uses her intelligence to pursue the lucrative carnivorous turkey story. Sam and Lisa ricochet across the landscape, tracking turkeys and fleeing the bloodthirsty hordes.

Sam and Lisa doubt their ability to survive. If you have a heart condition or lack humor, you should not read Zombie Turkeys, no matter how much you want to find out what happens.

From Zombie Turkeys

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Zombiism Spreads to Humans in My Undead Mother-in-law

My mother-in-law’s a zombie. And she has anger-management issues.

My mother-in-law, Diane Newby, zombified by accident. She still volunteers at her church bake sales and cooks pot roast for her daughter and son-in-law, Ron Yardley. What ticks her off is when people don’t treat her like a normal human being – with glowing red eyes and super strength and speed. And if she doesn’t get her own way, look out. She explodes and leaves broken plaster and body parts in her wake. Nothing stops her: not brick walls, the federal government, or middle-aged spread.

But the world’s most powerful criminal plans to control zombies. His only problem with zombies is that they have way too much free will. He has a solution for that. But will it work with Diane Newby?

The world divides into pro-zombie and anti-zombie factions. Battles break out everywhere. Which side will you take? Who will live and who will die?

You might not survive this audiobook. But at least you’ll die laughing.

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The End of the Chronicles – so far

Zombies charge first, ask questions later.

Middle-aged, overweight, and undead, Diane Newby leads the paranormal privateers against criminals and corruption. Sailing to trouble spots too sensitive for the US government, with zombie strength and regeneration they beat bullies into submission. Aided by zombie turkeys, corgis, and bulls, vicious criminal geniuses fall before them. If Diane gets overwhelmed by foes, her lovely zombie bodyguards and romantic zombie husband come to the rescue.

Out of the blue, new foes appear. Or are they friends? Or both? The frenemies neutralize zombies and orchestrate world peace. They disrupt the economy and produce fabulous wealth. Even the greatest criminals and governments can’t stop them from dominating the world.

Can humanity afford the price of peace? All must surrender freedom to a not-so-benign dictatorship. Diane and the paranormal privateers must do the unthinkable to save humanity. But is it enough?

In an explosive and unconventional ending to Andy Zach’s Life After Life Chronicles, you will learn what happens when the paranormal privateers meet the world’s greatest fear. And you will laugh all the way.

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Yet More Zombie Detective Audiobook Goodness

How can there be more to the Chronicles than the last book–so far? How about a collection of short stories, assembled from before, during and after the Chronicles? Here they are.

Accidents happen. Especially around zombie turkeys. Then you add zombie humans, and problems proliferate. Mix in some ill-planned genetic engineering, and things get crazy.

The insanity continues, from the story where zombies are merged with cucumbers to the one where two basement-dwelling nerds gain access to all video content from the past two hundred years – from aliens.

Andy Zach pulls out all the stops on his imagination as he serves up this smorgasbord of silliness. Try it. Laughter is good for your soul.

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