num_pages: 144
description: Francis Joseph Cassavant is eighteen. He just returned home from World War II, 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? Somehow he survived, and now he has decided to go on one last mission. He is looking for a man he once admired and respected, a man who also received the Silver Star for bravery. A man who destroyed Francis's life.In this lean and powerful novel, Robert Cormier quietly, remorselessly probes the nature of heroism as he exposes the remains of a young life forever shattered by a terrible act far from the fields of battle.
language: English
title: Heroes
titlecomplete: Heroes
characters: Larry LaSalle, Nicole Renard, Francis Cassavant
genres: Read For School, World War II, Young Adult, Thriller, War, Historical, Fiction, School, Classics, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 3952
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Carnegie Medal
publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers