English language
Published June 29, 2008 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pub. Co..
Hero-type
by Barry Lyga
3 stars
(1 review)
Feeling awkward and ugly is only one reason sixteen-year-old Kevin is uncomfortable with the publicity surrounding his act of accidental heroism, but when a reporter photographs him apparently being unpatriotic, he steps into the limelight to encourage people to think about what the symbols of freedom really mean.
Subjects
- Heroes -- Fiction
- Celebrities -- Fiction
- Patriotism -- Fiction
- Emblems, National -- Fiction
- Freedom of speech -- Fiction
- Self-esteem -- Fiction
- High schools -- Fiction
- Schools -- Fiction
- Single-parent families -- Fiction
- Maryland -- Fiction