';A fantastic story, thrillingly told. This book has a superpoweryou can't put it down.' Jonathan Stroud, author of the bestselling Bartimaeus TrilogyThe truth about the Super childrenwho have real powers like flight and super strengthis finally exposed, and the town of Noble's Green has created a special boarding school for its superpowered children. That's where all Daniel's friends are headed, while heregular kid that he isis headed to summer school.But all is not well at the Academy for the Extraordinarily Gifted. A clique of popular kids (led by a pair of sinister twins) has taken over the school, and once again, it's powerless Daniel who may be able to stop them. To do so, he will have to turn to his sworn enemy, the Shroud, for help.From the Hardcover edition.