![]() ![]() I have not read any of the other books that precede this one, yet I had no trouble getting up to speed (no pun intended). Did the green bike bully take Freddie’s white backpack? Can he walk fast enough to catch the bully wearing his flip-flops? Who is going to clean up all those wads of gum on the sidewalk? a girl! And, he loses his white backpack at the pool. The green bike bully is mean, unrelenting, fast, and. He steps on the purple wads of gum, losing his super-speed. ![]() Plus, someone is leaving wads of purple gum on the sidewalks of Starwood Park. A bully, riding a green bike, is taunting others and swiping their stuff. Summer has arrived and Freddie is in the pool learning to swim, but he will not get his face wet. Super hero Freddie Ramos is back in this fourth edition of the Zapato Powers series. Is the bully to blame? And how can Freddie investigate without his zapato’s super-speed? When a bully shows up at Starwood Park, Freddie’s shoes go missing. But he hasn’t even put his face in the water yet. Freddie’s learning to swim at summer camp. However his summer’s off to an iffy start. Thanks to his super powered zapatos, Freddie is the neighborhood super hero. ![]()
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