The exciting day has finally come. This is it. Today is the day. Leap Day! Rafter and Benny Bailey are full of excitement and anticipation not because February 29th occurs only once every four years but because this is the day that all Bailey family members who are at least twelve years old receive their inheritance: a super power! Benny wants to be a speedy, and Rafter hopes he gets super strength so he can save the day just like his grandfather. Rafter and Benny can’t wait to join the rest of their superhero family in the fight against the supervillain Johnson family, notably their classmate Juanita Johnson, but after all of the suspense and expectation leading up to receiving their powers, the boys’ hopes are crushed when they get powers that turn out to be not-so-super.

Rafter can light matches on polyester, and Benny can turn his innie belly button into an outie. What can they really do with that? How are they supposed to be super heroes now? Could the evil Johnson family have something to do with their lousy powers? Despite their disappointment, Rafter and Benny, along with an unexpected ally, set aside their family feud to find out who’s really behind their lack of powers.

 

In this funny adventure the boys learn that maybe it isn't some special power that makes you special after all, maybe it is who you are and what you do to help others in your everyday life.  

 

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