The Talented Ribkins

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Call Number: Fiction / Hubbard, Ladee
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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What may or may not be useful to Johnny as he flees is that he comes from an African-American family that has been gifted with super powers that are a bit, well, odd. Okay, very odd. For example, Johnny's father could see colors no one else could see. His brother could scale perfectly flat walls. His cousin belches fire. And Johnny himself can make precise maps of any space you name, whether he's been there or not. In the old days, the Ribkins family tried to apply their gifts to the civil rights effort, calling themselves The Justice Committee. But when their, eh, superpowers proved insufficient, the group fell apart. Out of frustration Johnny and his brother used their talents to stage a series of burglaries, each more daring than the last. Fast forward a couple decades and Johnny's on a race against the clock to dig up loot he's stashed all over Florida. His brother is gone, but he has an unexpected sidekick -- his brother's daughter, Eloise, who has a special superpower of her own.

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The Talented Ribkins submitted by nemiller on July 15, 2023, 11:56pm There are so many things to recommend this book, I'm not sure where to start. One of my favorite books I read in 2020.