Heroes: A New Beginning

Heroes: A New Beginning is a 2007 romantic superhero novel written by American author Joanne White. It is the first book of the Heroes book franchise. It was released on August 11, 2007.

Plot
Amanda Humphrey is a 17-year-old girl, within her father is murdered by a person, who had superpowers, lives with her mother and has only four friends Joe Osment, Maria Gray, Tina Gordon and Orlando Adams. In her school, new students 20-year-old Mark Brown, and his two brothers and sisters Greg Brown, Kyle Brown, Lilly Brown and Nathalie Brown, who were all in Mark's age. During an attack, a piano is falling and Amanda going to be killed, as Mark rescues her as he smash it and discovers that he's a hero right after he disappeared. Mark and Amanda both begin to spend great time with each other showing her of his moves and asks if she wants to be with him as a hero.

Michael Williams and his two assitance Stephanie McDonald and Tim Arnold are the three powerful villains that are set to destroy Amanda, Mark and his family. They must defend themselves as Mark refuses Amanda to give her superpowers as he can let her join the team and defend the world, but his parents says that she must be 20 or older to give her powers, because she's only a teenager and he's an adult. With Amanda's high school graduation approaching, she will have to wait for 2 years to become 20 and will have superpowers.

Film Adaptation
A film adaptation of the book is being developed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros. Warner Bros.] The film is set as a theatrical release to release in cinemas and IMAX on November 11, 2011. Filming will be shot in Los Angeles, California beginning on July 23, 2010. Emily Osment will play as Amanda Humphrey. David Henrie will play as Mark Brown. Zac Efron will play as Joe Osment. Also Alyson Stoner as Maria Gray, Taylor Dooley as Tina Gordon and Luis Armand Garcia as Orlando Adams. Ryan Sheckler as Greg Brown, Aaron Carter as Kyle Brown, Emma Stone as Lilly Brown and Brooke Hogan as Nathalie Brown. David Slade will be directing the first installment, and might be returning for the next three films.