Hero-type
By: by Barry Lyga.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pub. Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780547076638
Subjects: Heroes -- Fiction; Celebrities -- Fiction; Patriotism -- Fiction; Emblems, National -- Fiction; Freedom of speech -- Fiction; Self-esteem -- Fiction; High schools -- Fiction; Schools -- Fiction; Single-parent families -- Fiction; Maryland -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Feeling awkward and ugly is only one reason sixteen-year-old Kevin is uncomfortable with the publicity surrounding his act of accidental heroism, but when a reporter photographs him apparently being unpatriotic, he steps into the limelight to encourage people to think about what the symbols of freedom really mean.