Heroes

Informationen zum Autor Robert Cormier was a journalist and author, acclaimed for his young adult novels with their uncompromising examination of contemporary issues. His novels included the prize-winning THE CHOCOLATE WAR and I AM THE CHEESE. Robert Cormier lived all his life in Massachusetts, USA; he died in 2000 aged 75. Klappentext '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. Praise for Robert Cormier: The Chocolate War 'This is a tour de force and tour de force of realism' - Times The Bumblebee Flies Away 'A novel you are unlikely to forget' - Times Zusammenfassung Tells a provocative story about the return home of teenage war hero and war victim, Francis Joseph Cassavant. This book gets to the heart of human nature and the moral issues and choices we have to make.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Cormier, Cormier Robert, Matt Jones
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 12 to 16
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.1999
• EAN: 9780141302003
• ISBN: 978-0-14-130200-3
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Puffin Teenage Fiction; Puffin Teenage Fiction
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Interest age: from c 12 years, Social issues: war & conflict issues (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage social issues: War and conflict issues