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The gauntlet

"Tony Stark is known throughout the world as many things: Corporate tycoon. Billionaire. Inventor. Genius. But first and foremost, he is famous for being the red-and-gold -armored Super Hero, the invincible Iron Man. What Tony's fans don't know is what happened in his childhood that led him to put a...

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Main Author: Colfer, Eoin (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles ; New York : Marvel, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Marvel Press Novels series
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Iron Man > (Fictitious character) > Juvenile fiction.
Heroes > Juvenile fiction.
Superheroes > Juvenile fiction.
Adventure and adventurers > Juvenile fiction.
Science fiction > Juvenile.
Action and adventure fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:"Tony Stark is known throughout the world as many things: Corporate tycoon. Billionaire. Inventor. Genius. But first and foremost, he is famous for being the red-and-gold -armored Super Hero, the invincible Iron Man. What Tony's fans don't know is what happened in his childhood that led him to put away his toys and replace them with weapons designed to maintain peace and order. They don't realize how much pain he is hiding under his suit's shiny exterior. But the show must go on. People expect strength, snark, and pizazz from him at all times, and he's not about to let them down..."--Dust jacket.
Physical Description:273 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9781484741603
1484741609
9781743811764
1743811764
Author Notes:Eoin Colfer was born in Wexford, Ireland on May 14, 1965. After taking a three-year degree course in Dublin, he qualified as a primary teacher in 1986. Returning to Wexford he began teaching in a local primary school by day and wrote at night. In 1991, he left Ireland and spent the next four years working in Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Italy. Resettling in Wexford after his arrival back in Ireland, he recommenced his teaching career, continuing his habit of writing after school. His first book, Benny and Omar, was published in October 1998. His other works include Benny and Babe, the O'Brien Flyers series, and the Artemis Fowl series. He became a full-time author following the success of Artemis Fowl. The Wish List won a Bisto Merit Award in 2001.

In 2015 he won an Irish Book Award in the children's category with his title Imaginary Fred.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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