Books like The Prisoner of Cell 25 / Rise of the Elgen

To everyone at Meridian High School, Michael Vey is an ordinary kid. But the truth is that Michael is anything but ordinary--in fact, he's electric.When Michael's best friends, Ostin Liss and cheerleader Taylor Ridley make an accidental discovery, they learn that there are other kids with similar powers--and that someone, or something, is hunting them. After his mother is kidnapped, Michael will have to rely on his wits, his unique power, and his friends to fight the hunters, find his mother, and save the others. If he can't succeed, he could end up as the Prisoner of Cell 25 forever.In Rise of the Elgen, Michael and his friends, the Electroclan, head to the jungles of Peru, where a mysterious voice has told them that they can find Michael's mother. Once there, they discover that Dr. Hatch and the Elgen are far more powerful than anyone realizes; entire countries have begun to fall under their control. Only the Electroclan now stands in the way of Elgen's plan for global domination. With no one to trust, his mother still missing, and new, even more powerful Elgen technology standing in their way, Michael and the Electroclan face their greatest challenge yet.