High School Heroes: Rescue Mission

By James Mascia

Abby and her brother, Mike, are keeping a secret from their mother: Mike has super powers. At eight years old, Mike has the ability to make objects around him spontaneously combust. Abby, knows that his life would be in danger if anyone found out about this, so she has kept it hidden from everyone for over a year.

One night, while their mother is at work, a group of men kidnap Mike. Abby knows why they have come and calls the police. That proves to be a mistake, since they seem incapable of doing anything about it. So, with no other choice, Abby goes to find him herself. She breaks into a secret government building and fights her way through Agents on her quest to save her brother. What she doesn't realize is that it's her that they've been after this whole time.

• Language: English
• Publisher: James Mascia
• Release date: Apr 28, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476054926

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High School Heroes:

Rescue Mission

By

James Mascia

Published by James Mascia at Smashwords

Electronic edition ©2012

Copyright 2012 by James Mascia at High School Heroes Productions

Published in the United States of America

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Other Stories by James Mascia

All Available on Kindle, Nook, iPad or any e-reading Device

Short Stories –

The Collector

City of Darkness

High School Heroes: Cold Lies

High School Heroes: Rescue Mission

High School Heroes: The Guardian

Novels –

High School Heroes

High School Heroes II: Camp Hero

High School Heroes III: Hero Heist (Coming Sept 2012)

The Island of Dren

High School Heroes – The Graphic Novel, also free to view on Wevolt.com

Rescue Mission: The Origin of Abby Davidson

By James Mascia

So what did you say? I said as my fingers ran over the letters on my cell phone.

Carly’s response was almost immediate. I don’t know. He hasn’t asked me yet.

You better tell me everything when he does. I was trying to get all the details from Carly. Lorenzo, a really hot upperclassman was supposed to ask her out. This was a huge deal for us, since no one had ever asked Carly out before.

Peering up from my screen, I looked around the yard. Where was he? Mike! I yelled as loud as I could. My mom had sent me outside to get my eight-year-old brother who was supposed to be playing out there.

We had a pretty big back yard—three-quarters of an acre, according to Mom—and I didn’t see him. Usually, I’d find him playing on the swing set my dad built before he passed away, or rummaging in the dirt under the big pine tree in the back corner, looking for some disgusting, creepy-crawly thing. But he wasn’t anywhere in sight. I only hoped he wasn’t doing what I thought he was doing.

The gate was locked. Mom insisted on having a nice, heavy-duty Master lock on the inside of the gate to protect us. I guess she never thought someone could just hop over the five foot fence and get into the yard with little trouble.

Mike was always getting himself into trouble—not bad trouble, like with cops or anything. I guess you could say it was the kind of trouble any eight-year-old might get into. Well, if an eight-year-old could do the things he could do.

I pulled my cell phone out of my pocket. Mom bought this thing for each of our phones that acted like a GPS. It was so she could know where we were at any given moment. I know she used it to check that I was in school when I was supposed to be, and at home while she was working overnight. I might’ve minded, but I never did anything to cause her concern anyway, so

Reviews for High School Heroes

[krista23 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is not one of my favorite covers exactly, But guess what, I ended up really enjoying this story. Christine likes to dress in black (including her makeup) and a little shy and standoffish. She has a full time job to save up for a car and is an only child. One day she wakes up and things are a little off, she keeps hearing voices but nobody is saying the things outloud. Soon (after a freak out in class) she discovers that she is hearing people's thoughts. Eventually she ends up "overhearing" Ethan thinking about some supernatural powers that he has and she approaches him and they soon find a connection and a friendship that is closer than any others she has ever had. Ethan eventually talks her into exploring their powers and trying to use them to help people. Here is when we get to see some action and adventure throughout the story when they save others from deadly situations. Ethan also helps her explore the world outside the one Christine is used to. They have a great connection and learn from each other. Along with Ethan, the new friends she makes helps her open up and live life, and explore new things. As Ethan and Christine are discovering their new powers together, they also learn that some of the other students at school have powers as well, and not all of them are used for good. Christine herself, is found to use her powers for selfish reasons and testing herself to see how far she can go. What I found interesting about this book was that it was a combination of genres. There is the story of the superheros, how they came about, their powers, training and saving people. You get some action, some history and some humor. Then you get a more contemporary story of high schoolers, making friends, finding love and dealing with the basic problems of life. I found this appealing and the fact that the author, being male and writing about superheroes I was expecting the main character to be from a male's perspective. Very intriguing and I felt his perspective as a girl was spot on. High School Heros has Action, Adventure, Thrill and Mystery with a very contemporary high school romance.

[bookswithbite · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I'll be the first to say that the cover does not grab me at all. I do my best not to judge a book by the cover and read the book. Now, with that being said, this is a really good book. I mean, really good. I was blown away of how much action was in it. The characters and plot were good. They all have a great depth to them that made you feel the characters and draw you even more in the book.The plot is what grab me. The plot had lots of action, drama and a great build up to a good fight in the end. I felt strong and happy when reading this book. It was super funny cause when I was reading this book, I was dodging and moving around when the fight rolled around. My husband looked at me weird. LOL! Mr. Mascia did a great job with the storyline and keeping the reader entertain. Not once did I get bored or tired of the plot. If anything the plot kept you on your toes.By now, you should know that I love secrets. I LOVE them. To me, revealing secrets is like the icing on the cake. I like gasping and feeling surprised myself. I loved reading that. I enjoyed learning the secrets and especially knowing what it can do to you if you let it take over. I like the lesson learn in the end. It has a nice touch with learning and controlling your powers.High School Heroes is great book with lots of action in it. Mr. Mascia pulls the reader in, drowning them in his story. Not only did the reader see the characters grow, but the reader see the progress of friendships and new beginnings. If you like X-men, but for teens, read this book. I can guarantee that while the cover will not blow you away, the story will.