How I Became a Superhero (Hardcover, Turtleback School & Library ed.)

A new series begins as Max Silver, an ordinary kid, touches some radioactive space rocks in a museum, and becomes a superhero called "Maximum Kid". Max's sister is jealous of the attention he gets. His father is determined to beat him at arm wrestling, his mother wants him to go to bed on time--and the President asks Max to save Manhattan.