Heroes

Robert Cormier

Mar 2013 · Sold by Delacorte Press

About this eBook

Francis Joseph Cassavant is 18. 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 my many people, a man who also received a Silver Star for bravery. A man who destroyed Francis’s life.

Ratings and reviews

I finally found it! I read this book for a class in high school and got so into it, was probably the first time as a teenager that my attention did not waver to anything else. Lol. Been wanting to read again for so long now that I'm an adult and really enjoy reading a good book but could not for the life of me remember what this book was called. If it wasn't for me searching about this book after reading the description of it, and seeing the original cover of the book that I remembered from school. The blurred face pointing a gun I would have never of found this again. I'm so happy right now! 😂😁

Loved this so much so invested only took me 2 days to finish the story is consistent and amazing the whole way through!! Would read agin

Had to read it for school in French and read it in English and quite a nice book Would recommend It's sad at the end tho

About the author

Robert Cormier (1925–2000) changed the face of young adult literature over the course of his illustrious career. His many books include The Chocolate War, I Am the Cheese, Fade, Tenderness, After the First Death, Heroes, Frenchtown Summer, and The Rag and Bone Shop. In 1991 he received the Margaret A. Edwards Award, honoring his lifetime contribution to writing for teens.