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Heroes

Author: Robert Cormier

Publisher: Dell Laurel-Leaf

ISBN: 0440227690

Retail Price: 5.50

Paper

Backcover: Francis Joseph Cassavant is eighteen. He has just returned home from the Second World War, and he has no face. He does have a gun and a mission: to murder his childhood hero. 

Francis lost most of his face when he fell on a grenade in France. He received the Silver Star for bravery, but was it really an act of heroism? Now, having survived, he is looking for a man he once admired and respected, a man adored by many people, a man who also received a Silver Star for bravery. A man who destroyed Francis’s life.

AWARDS

• An ALA Best Book for Young Adults