Stephanie Prochaska
THE BOOKS
Not So Super
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Every school has its problems; some just have a little more than others.
Phoenix Academy High School only caters to one type of student – potential superheroes that need a little extra help. While other superhero schools might expect perfection, Phoenix Academy knows better. Whether it’s the inability to go completely invisible, trouble getting animal sidekicks to listen, or just a lack of consistency or longevity, Phoenix Academy can help any student to reach their full potential.
Dean thought everything was fine, until he got that blue envelope in the mail. Sure, he might not be the best at school, but was he really the worst? According to the letter, he was. He’d been recommended for a transfer to infamous Phoenix Academy for his final year of high school. Now, if he wants to have any chance at superhero certification, he’s going to have to overcome his fear of heights long enough to actually fly more than a few feet off the ground. If he can’t, his superhero career is over before it even gets started. But with accidental force-fields blocking his way, lights flickering on and off at all hours, and a student who can look like anybody, Dean hopes he’s up for the challenge.
A Touch of Darkness:​
Miyu Chihara's Tale
​Last year, when Miyu Chihara helped get rid of a group of rival vampires wreaking havoc on the city, she thought that would be the end of it. This year, she’s hoping for a chance to finally be a normal high school student. But a note wedged in her locker changes all that: someone knows what she did.
Now, instead of making plans with the boy she likes, Miyu has to juggle her schedule around whatever the author of that note says. If she doesn’t, she risks not only being exposed as a vampire, but as someone calculating enough to get rid of any competition. Adding to Miyu’s troubles are the questions about vampires from a friend who’s just a little too interested, and a secret her boyfriend’s keeping. There’s something wrong with him – something so dark, Miyu’s not sure she’ll survive the discovery.
Reapers Never Smile
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All James Caffery wanted was to finish high school in the city where he grew up. But when his family moves across the country a week before the start of senior year, everything changes. Instead of having tons of friends and being on the varsity basketball team, James is now stuck hanging out with the nerdiest kid in school.
With no one at school to talk to and both of his parents still at work, James decides to take the long way home. In a back alley, he finds an antique lamp buried in a pile of trash. He lights it, and realizes he can summon the ghost of a girl who died the year before. When he learns that she went to his new school, James is convinced that he’s not only found a new friend, but someone who can help him connect with the kids in his new school. But his new friend has problems of her own. It’s not long before he learns that reapers are after her, eager to capture the spirit that’s been evading them. Now, if he wants to keep his friend around, he’s going to have to track down the reapers before they can find her. The only problem? James knows exactly one thing about them: reapers never smile.
A Touch of Darkness:​
The Anna Ellington Story
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As a vampire, Anna Ellington knows about hunting. She knows how to find isolated prey, how to put people at ease, how to leave no trace behind. What she doesn’t know about is high school. Students don’t pay attention, her English teacher repeats the same lesson for days on end, and why does she seem to be the only one not bolting for the door when the bell rings?
With one friend who’s obsessed with vampires and another who’s not quite what she seems to be, Anna has to learn the rules of high school fast if she wants to remain undetected. As attacks throughout the city increase, suspicions mount. Anna tries to go unnoticed, but when her newfound friend sets out to prove the attacks are being caused by a vampire, Anna is left to wonder if her dark secret will be discovered. And what will happen to her if it is?