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The Bionic Boy

ISBN-10: 0593111370
ISBN-13: 9780593111376
Author: Plourde, Lynn
Interest Level: 3-7
Publisher: Penguin Random House

Publication Date: October 2025

Copyright: 2025

Page Count: 208

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Interest Level

Grades 3-7

Reading Level

Guided Reading: W
Lexile: 560L

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BISAC Subjects

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / New Experience

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship

Description
The moving story of a superhero-loving boy born without hands who finds the hero inside himself Benji feels like he's had more than his fair share of good luck--so it's frustrating that his disability tends to make people think the opposite. Adopted from an overseas orphanage when he was four, he's grown up surrounded by the love of his dads and little sister. But it seems like the only thing people notice about him is that he was born without hands. He wishes that it didn't bother him so much when people stare at him and that he could be as confident as the superheroes he's obsessed with. Then Benji meets a real-life hero and begins to dream about new possibilities. Staff Sergeant Snyder is a quadruple war amputee whose comfort in his own skin inspires Benji. Plus, Staff Sergeant has fun with his prosthetic limbs, making Benji wonder if it's time he becomes bionic. It takes a near disaster in the neighborhood with their pet cat to show Benji that bionic or not, he already has all the courage it takes to be a hero. After all, heroes walk among us every day, and if he just remembers to believe in himself, he can easily be one of them.
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