Not Your Sidekick

 Lee, C.B. Not Your Sidekick. Book 1 of the Sidekick Squad series. 2016. 283p. ISBN 9781945053030.

Following wars and solar flares that destroyed much of the world but caused the apparition of super powers, life reorganized around nascent superheroes, who helped rebuild societies. At the same time, however, super villains also became prominent, and soon both groups were organized and fought against each other.

Jessica comes from a family of superheroes. Both of her father and mother are Class-C superheroes and they protect the Nevada city of Andover from the villainous Mr. and Mrs. Mischief. Her older sister, Claudia, is a Class-A and is interning with Captain Orion herself, the age's most famous superhero. Jess' younger brother is a genius who is already in college, and he is developing advanced technologies. Unlike all of them, however, Jess has not manifested a power. And now that she turned 17, the window has closed and she is the only one of her family who doesn't have a super power, something she had been looking forward to all of her life.

Knowing she will not have the easy life of a superhero, Jess reorient herself towards a mundane life and looks for an internship that will help you burnish her college application. She's surprised to be accepted by Munroe Technologies' division of special projects, where she will file papers, do administrative work, and other duties as assigned. She is surprised to see that Abby, the girl she has had a crush on for three years, also works there. She is surprised to discover that she will actually work for Mr. Mischief himself. With Jess' super parents' identity secret, she eagerly accepts the job. M, who wears one of Mr. Mischief's old suit, is her direct supervisor.

As Jess navigates the inner works of Munroe Technologies and confides her interest in Abby to M., she learns that the League of Heroes is not exactly what it seems like, and the disappearance of several villains recently indicate a nefarious purpose is at work. Can powerless Jess help M. and Abby discover what is happening?