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Heroes

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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 used to be it in point of fact an act of heroism? Now, having survived, he’s in search of a man he once admired and respected, a man adored by many of us, a man who also received a Silver Star for bravery. A man who destroyed Francis’s life.

Francis lost most of his face when he fell on a grenade in France. He received the Silver Star for bravery, but used to be it in point of fact an act of heroism? Now, having survived, he’s in search of a man he once admired and respected, a man adored by many of us, a man who also received a Silver Star for bravery. A man who destroyed Francis’s life. –>
Eighteen-year-old Francis Cassavant has returned from World War II an unwilling hero. Even though he can still see and hear, a grenade has blown away his nose, his ears, his teeth, and his cheeks, leaving him faceless. Hiding his ghastly wounds with bandages and a white silk scarf, Francis welcomes the anonymity his mutilation brings him, for he has returned to his hometown with a secret mission–a plot for revenge (against his enemy Larry LaSalle) that he values more than his own life. Francis’s eerily matter-of-fact acceptance of his hideous mien, in conjunction with his sweetness and selflessness, contrast sharply with his obsessive need for vengeance. No one recognizes him as the quiet kid who once loved Nicole Renard and hung out with fellow teens at the Wreck Center. LaSalle, formerly a charismatic youth leader, has also come back from the war a hero, and only Francis knows the dark side of this older man’s concern for young people. But does LaSalle’s one evil act wipe out the entire good he has done? And is Francis just as guilty because he could have prevented it and didn’t?

Robert Cormier–winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award and plenty of other honors–has once again crafted a riveting yarn of psychological suspense. Francis’s story is revealed only regularly in hints that keep the reader guessing. Young teens will find it a quick and absorbing read, and older adolescents (and full-fledged adults, too) will relish pondering the many-sided ethical questions Cormier raises about heroism, guilt, and forgiveness. (Ages 13 to 16) –Patty Campbell

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