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Captain Marvel: Born to Fly, Destined for the Stars

A Marvel Origin Story
By Sharon Gosling
Marvel
Series: Marvel Origin Stories
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Captain Marvel: Born to Fly, Destined for the Stars by Sharon Gosling offers the full origin story of Marvel's most powerful Super Hero, Captain Marvel, perfect for early readers. This entry in Marvel's chapter book series provides kids with easy-to-read origin stories for all their favourite... Read More
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Captain Marvel: Born to Fly, Destined for the Stars by Sharon Gosling offers the full origin story of Marvel's most powerful Super Hero, Captain Marvel, perfect for early readers. This entry in Marvel's chapter book series provides kids with easy-to-read origin stories for all their favourite Super Heroes.

Carole Danvers is Captain Marvel, the mighty Super Hero who uses her super-powers to protect Earth from any threat. Follow Carol as she rises in the ranks of the Air Force and heads up security at NASA. Discover how she gains the ability to fly and manipulate energy, blasted with cosmic power from an otherworldly machine. Witness Carol come to terms with her unknown origins and defeat the alien threat facing Earth. This action-packed Marvel origin story reveals how Captain Marvel became a Marvel Super Hero.

This early reader chapter book is perfect for young fans of Captain Marvel looking for her complete origin story. Marvel Origin stories can be read in any order.

Series: Marvel Origin Stories

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  • Captain Marvel: Born to Fly, Destined for the Stars
    Captain Marvel: Born to Fly, Destined for the Stars by Sharon Gosling offers the full origin story of Marvel's most powerful Super Hero, Captain Marvel, perfect for early readers. This entry in Marvel's chapter book series provides kids with easy-to-read origin stories for all their favourite Super Heroes. Carole Danvers is Captain Marvel, the mighty Super Hero who uses her...
    By Sharon Gosling
    Paperback
    $3000
    Available
    Ships in 2-3 weeks

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781368102001

Publisher: Hyperion

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 August 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Hyperion

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 113g

Pages: 160

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Marvel Penguin Books Series: Marvel Origin Stories Sharon Gosling

About the Author

Sharon Gosling started out as a journalist. Her first children's book, The Diamond Thief, won the Redbridge Children's Book Award in 2014, and was followed by two sequels, The Ruby Airship and The Sapphire Cutlass. Her young-adult horror FIR was shortlisted for Lancashire Book of the Year 2017, and The Golden Butterfly, published in 2019, was nominated for the 2020 Carnegie Medal. She also writes non-fiction books and articles about television and film, and has written, produced and directed audio dramas. Sharon lives with her husband and cantankerous cat Mr. Jones in a small village in Cumbria, in the UK.

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