Hero

Published in 2010, Hero is an adventure novel for middle-grade readers about a teenage boy who develops superpowers and uses them to avenge the murder of his superhero father. In the process, he must learn to control his emotions, find a mentor he can trust, protect those he loves, and defeat powerful assailants.

Author Mike Lupica is a sports columnist, TV commentator, and bestselling writer whose more than three dozen books range from sports biographies to young-reader fiction. Other works by this author include The Underdogs, The Big Field, and The Batboy.

Summary

On a snowy night in Bosnia, Tom Harriman, a troubleshooting diplomat for the US president, uses his superpowers to overrun a heavily guarded house, capture the war criminal who lives there, and fly him out of the country to face prosecution in London. As he takes off, he sees a white-haired man standing calmly on the runway. Harriman manages to avoid him, but he knows the man, and he’s shaken to see him.

A few days later, Tom’s 14-year-old son, Zach, hurries home from school in Manhattan, sensing something’s wrong. He arrives at his family’s posh Fifth Avenue apartment—where he lives with his parents, housekeeper

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