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Lonely Leo dreams of being a hero with the crowds cheering him on – like a Roman gladiator. Secretly, what he really wants is to be a hero in real life. But Leo is always seen as an outsider by the other boys in his class. When they surprise him by asking him to join their gang he accepts eagerly only to find that he can’t be a member until he does something to show that he is brave.
Leo knows that the job he is asked to do is wrong. What choice should he make? Leo makes a bad choice but when the little dog Jack Pepper goes missing Leo has a second chance to show that he can be a true hero. A touching story which captures the pain of being an outsider.
An accident at school brings quiet, imaginative Leo to the attention of the popular crowd but their expectations have him misbehaving and cause him to lose his best friend, George, so when a neighbor's dog is trapped by a meteor strike Leo becomes. a real hero in hopes of setting things right.
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An accident at school brings quiet, imaginative Leo to the attention of the popular crowd but their expectations have him misbehaving and cause him to lose his best friend, George, so when a neighbor's dog is trapped by a meteor strike Leo becomes. a real hero in hopes of setting things right.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Hero and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-10 years old
Hero features in the following genres: Animal Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Stories about Family and Friends, Recommended Children's eBooks, Recommendations, Featured Books for 9+ readers
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Hero was written by Sarah Lean and published by Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Hero has 198 pages
