Hero (edition 2010)

by Mike Lupica

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Fourteen-year-old Zach learns he has the same special abilities as his father, who was the President's globe-trotting troubleshooter until "the Bads" killed him, and now Zach must decide whether to use his powers in the same way at the risk of his own life.

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Member:	JZL0003
Title:	Hero
Authors:	Mike Lupica
Info:	Puffin (2010), Edition: Reprint, Kindle Edition, 302 pages
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lou_intheberkshires | Dec 26, 2024 |

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lcslibrarian | Aug 13, 2020 |

I felt like this book was a long introduction to a series. I really enjoyed the setting as Zach roamed around Central Park and Manhattan.
14 year old, Zach Harriman has just received the worst news any kid could get… his dad was killed in an airplane crash. Knowing his father’s dangerous line of work, Zach is determined it was no accident. He sets out with his best friend, Kate, to find out how it happened. Along the way, Zach finds out more information about his dad and himself. Apparently, Zach and his dad are not like everyone else. They have special powers and Zach plans to put them to use in order to find out who killed his father. As time passes, he finds himself between his “Uncle” that he loves and an old man, Mr. Herbert. He doesn’t know which one is telling him the truth and wishes his father was here to help him. (

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jothebookgirl | Jan 3, 2017 |

This book is about a boy who loses his father, and then soon finds out that he is a super hero. This is a book for older students fourth through sixth grade. To use this book in your classroom, you can talk about character development and heroism. (

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DinahW | Nov 7, 2016 |

Very interesting book. It kind of reminded me of the gallagher girls series but more towards boys and super powers. (

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Zach Harriman

Kate

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Central Park, New York, New York, USA

New York, New York, USA

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This one is for Michael Green.

I could never have written this book--or any
book--without the love and support of Taylor,
Christopher, Alex, Zach and Hannah.

They are my heroes, the ones who make
me believe in magic.

And Esther Newberg, who always just believes.

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There were four thugs, total gangsters, in front of the house with their rifles and their night-vision goggles.

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Fourteen-year-old Zach learns he has the same special abilities as his father, who was the President's globe-trotting troubleshooter until "the Bads" killed him, and now Zach must decide whether to use his powers in the same way at the risk of his own life.

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(from the book jacket) Zach Harriman thought he knew his dad. Knicks fan, ex-Harvard football star, special advisor to the President of the United States. And then Tom Harriman's plane crases under mysterious circumstances and everything Zach thought he knew about his father explodes with it.
Now the same people who wanted hos father dead want Zach very much alive. Why? Because Tom Harriman was no ordinary man. And because Zach is destined to follow in his footsteps.
Starting now.
As something no one even knows exists... A fourteen-year-old superhero.

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