Heroes
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Robert Cormier
Publisher: Delacorte Press; Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780385325905
Subjects: Young adult fiction; Disfigured men; Eighteen-year-old men; Betrayal; Revenge; Fiction; Forties (20th century); People with disabilities; World War, 1939-1945; Heroes; Veterans; Orphans
Description: After serving in the United States Army in World War II and having his face blown off by a grenade, Francis, a young soldier, returns home hoping to find--and kill--the former childhood hero he feels betrayed him.
Notes: Best books for young adults, 1999.

Lexile: 1050.