Last Son of Krypton

By Michael Dahl, John Delaney and Lee Loughridge

The distant planet KRYPTON faces total destruction. Before it explodes, the scientist JOR-EL and his wife LARA send their only son into outer space. Later, the child's rocket crashes into a Kansas cornfield where a farmer and his wife discover the boy and his strange powers.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: Jun 15, 2013
• ISBN: 9781434265913

Michael Dahl

Michael Dahl is the prolific author of the bestselling Goodnight, Baseball picture book and more than 200 other books for children and young adults. He has won the Association of Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Award three times for his nonfiction, a Teachers’ Choice Award from Learning Magazine, and a Seal of Excellence from the Creative Child Awards. Dahl currently lives in Minnesota.

Book preview

CHAPTER 1

THE DYING PLANET

CHAPTER 2

A SPACESHIP TOO SMALL

CHAPTER 3

ESCAPE!

CHAPTER 4

A NEW HOME

CHAPTER 5

SUPERPOWERS

Our world is doomed! said Jor-El. He faced a group of leaders and scientists on his home planet of Krypton. He spoke with anger, not in fear.

The fate of this planet, and everyone on it, rests in your hands, Jor-El continued. Earthquakes have rocked Krypton for many months. Tidal waves have flooded our coastlines. Volcanoes have erupted at the edges of our cities. If we do not act now, everything we have worked for will be destroyed!

Behind the group of scientists stood a strange, metal figure. The figure, a supercomputer in the shape of a man, stepped forward. His metal head and glowing eyes towered above Jor-El.

This is nonsense, Jor-El, said the supercomputer. "Krypton has revolved around her red sun for millions of years. Our planet will continue to revolve for a million