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  Stretch References the effectiveness of Electric Children’s abilities. Electric stretch can be increased through proper diet—extra potassium and minerals, decrease in refined sugars—as well as practice. (See Electric Children.)

  ZCs (Short for Zone Captains.) Leaders of a regional zone of Squad Captains. (See Squad Captains.)

  RICHARD PAUL EVANS is the #1 bestselling author of the Michael Vey series, The Christmas Box, and the Walk series, as well as more than twenty other books. All his novels have appeared on the New York Times bestseller list, and there are more than seventeen million copies in print. His books have been translated into more than twenty-four languages and several have been international bestsellers. He is the winner of the American Mothers Book Award, and two first-place Storytelling World Awards for his children’s books.

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  ISBN: 978-1-4814-2364-9

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