Robert Cormier
Paperback | Pages: 144 pages Rating: 3.42 | 2799 Users | 296 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Heroes |
| ISBN: | 0440227690 (ISBN13: 9780440227694) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Francis Cassavant, Larry LaSalle, Nicole Renard |
| Literary Awards: | Carnegie Medal Nominee (1998) |
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Francis Joseph Cassavant is eighteen. He has just returned home from the Second World War, 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? Now, having survived, he is looking for a man he once admired and respected, a man adored by many people, a man who also received a Silver Star for bravery. A man who destroyed Francis's lifePresent Of Books Heroes
| Title | : | Heroes |
| Author | : | Robert Cormier |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 144 pages |
| Published | : | February 8th 2000 by Laurel Leaf (first published August 10th 1998) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Historical. Historical Fiction. Academic. School. Fiction. War |
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Ratings: 3.42 From 2799 Users | 296 ReviewsJudgment Of Books Heroes
Robert Cormier wrote I Am the Cheese, which will forever be burned in my brain as it was a question at pub trivia that I got incorrect a few months back. As such, I made it a personal goal to read several of his books in the next year or two because 1. I hate getting questions wrong in pub trivia; 2. His books are supposed to be twisty and well-written (some are required in many high school curricula); and 3. Most importantly to me, they are very short. I immediately put Heroes on hold at theBrilliant, brilliant, brilliant, come to think about it, perhaps I like it more than Chocolate War . . . completely changes your idea of how we think and define "heroes".
Cormier, Robert (1998). Heroes. New York: Delacorte Press. 135 pages.Summary and Evaluation: After three years fighting in World War II, Francis Cassavant returns home a mangled, faceless Silver Star war hero. He still has one final mission though to find and eliminate the childhood hero who destroyed his life. The reasons for this intense hatred are unraveled through the main characters flashbacks and examine the nature of heroism and cowardice, betrayal and revenge.I really enjoyed this book
Like many others on this website, I had to read this novel in my English Literature Class. At the time, I thought it was great. The synopsis made the novel sound promising, intriguing and full of potential. Mostly, I was just glad it wasn't written by Shakespeare.I went into this book with expectations. Francis would kill Larry LaSalle - that was a given. Francis continuously told himself that as soon as Larry LaSalle moved back into Frenchtown, he would shoot him. And then Francis didn't. He
Like many others on this website, I had to read this novel in my English Literature Class. At the time, I thought it was great. The synopsis made the novel sound promising, intriguing and full of potential. Mostly, I was just glad it wasn't written by Shakespeare.I went into this book with expectations. Francis would kill Larry LaSalle - that was a given. Francis continuously told himself that as soon as Larry LaSalle moved back into Frenchtown, he would shoot him. And then Francis didn't. He
This books ending was seriously disappointing, at the end nothing was coming together, and I expected I had pages missing as the ending seemed to be incomplete. I wouldnt recommend this book at all. The time frames were all over the place, and I believe that they were always jumping around and unclear towards the story line, i wasnt a fan of the way Robert Cormier wrote the book.
"It's amazing that the heart makes no noise when it cracks."Heroes is a teen novel and is a story of Francis Joseph Cassavant, who at the age of eighteen has been horribly disfigured when he lost most of his face jumping on a grenade in France during WWII to save some of his fellow comrades. After a long rehabilitation in England he returns home to Frenchtown in Monument a hero, a recipient of a Silver Star for bravery, but also a man with a mission, to kill his own childhood hero, Larry
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