num_pages: 97
description: 'What if I told him I am not the hero he thinks I am . . .?'  Maimed and disfigured whilst fighting in the World War Two, young Francis Cassavant is returning to his hometown as a hero. But one who must hide both his face and his identity.For his past holds a bitter secret, one which he has vowed to revenge and which he can resolve only through his final, desperate plan: to destroy the man who betrayed him as a boy.Left without a face or a future, but sustained by his deep sense of shame, Francis watches. He thinks of the gun in his duffel bag and waits, alone, for the return of another supposed hero.
language: English
title: Heroes
titlecomplete: Heroes
characters: Francis Cassavant, Nicole Renard, Larry LaSalle
genres: Historical, Young Adult, School, Classics, World War II, Thriller, War, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Read For School
ratings_count: 3952
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Carnegie Medal
publisher: Puffin Books