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  • Hero-Type
    Recorded Books, Audio CD, 2009
  • Hero-Type
    Graphia, Paperback, 2009
  • Hero-Type
    Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Kindle Edition, 2009
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    Houghton Mifflin, Hardcover, 2008
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    Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Hardcover, 2008

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Hero-Type
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 624 Ratings and 157 Reviews

Book Description
Everyone is treating Kevin as a hero. He was in the right place and the right time and he saved a girl from being murdered. Only Kevin knows though, why he was able to save her. Things get even more complicated when Kevin is seen removing two patriotic "Support the Troops" ribbons from his car bumper. Now the town that lauded him as a hero turns on him, calling him unpatriotic. Kevin, who hadn't t... More
Book Information
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Company
BindingHardcover (5 editions)
Reading LevelYoung Adults
# of Pages304
ISBN-100547076630
ISBN-13978-0547076638
Publication Date09/22/2008
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About Barry Lyga (Author) : Barry Lyga is a published author of young adult books. Some of the published credits of Barry Lyga include The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl (Unabridged), Boy Toy, Hero-Type.
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2/26/2010 Peni Griffin said:
I'm enjoying this book, but it makes me sad. How many times have we all got to write stories about thinking for yourself and living the conscious life before Society gets it? Conformity is like violence, drugs, promiscuity, and laziness - as a species, we like them too much to do more than pay lip... more

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