The cover illustrator presents this book much like a comic book adventure. Our hero, thirteen year-old Adam Bloom, ordinary as he is, is our crime fighter, minus the superhero powers.  He accompanies his vocally talented sister, Cressida, to a Festival for Youthful Geniuses.  Though Adam doesn’t seem to possess any talents himself, he battles the villain, Fortescue, who is attempting to steal the talents of the youth.  While mostly realistic, though outlandish, some fantasy comes into play.