SECRET ORIGINS

Bethany travels to a new fictional world to rescue her father in this third book in the u003ciu003eNew York Timesu003c/iu003e bestselling series, Story Thievesu003ciu003e—u003c/iu003ewhich was called a “fast-paced, action-packed tale” by u003ciu003eSchool Library Journal—u003c/iu003efrom the author of the Half Upon a Time trilogy.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eOwen and Bethany have sworn off jumping into books for good. But they didn’t make u003ciu003eanyu003c/iu003e promises about not jumping through strange portals that lead to a comic book world.u003cbru003e u003cbru003eJupiter City was once filled with brightly costumed superheroes and villains, but nowadays, there’s nothing left but the Dark. Even the villains are terrified of the Dark’s shadows, and most of the heroes have either disappeared or been lost to mind control. The one hero who might have stopped all of this, Doc Twilight, has been imprisoned by the Dark.u003cbru003e u003cbru003eBut who is Doc Twilight really? And how can Bethany and Owen defeat the Dark without superpowers of their own? They’ll definitely need the help of some old friends and new allies to bring the light back to Jupiter City, and find out the truth behind the Dark.u003cbru003e u003cbru003eIt all comes back to Bethany’s own secret origins. What really happened when her fictional father disappeared years ago? Who is Nobody, and why is he writing these u003ciu003eStory Thieves u003c/iu003ebooks? And what kind of supervillain name is The Rotten Banana?