Hero-Type
Everyone is treating Kevin as a hero. He was in the right place and the right time and he saved a girl from being murdered. Only Kevin knows though, why he was able to save her. Things get even more complicated when Kevin is seen removing two patriotic Support the Troops” ribbons from his car...
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Everyone is treating Kevin as a hero. He was in the right place and the right time and he saved a girl from being murdered. Only Kevin knows though, why he was able to save her. Things get even more complicated when Kevin is seen removing two patriotic Support the Troops” ribbons from his car bumper. Now the town that lauded him as a hero turns on him, calling him unpatriotic. Kevin, who hadn't thought much about it up to then, becomes politcially engaged, suddenly questioning what exactly supporting the troops or even saying the pledge of allegiance every day means.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780547076638 (0547076630)
ASIN: 0547076630
Publish date: 2008-09-22
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Adventure,
Teen,
Academic,
School,
Realistic Fiction,
Adult,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Modern,
Fiction
I really like Barry Lyga. I love the voice he infuses into his books, the realness of his characters. This book was a little bit preachy-preachy, and I appreciate what he was trying to say here, but, eh. I totally skimmed the speech portions.
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