Hero Type is about Kevin Ross, a teenager in high school who is not popular and does not do that great in school. His popularity changed overnight though when he saved Leah Muldoon, a popular girl at school. The whole town and beyond is in Kevin’s business claiming he is a hero.He saved her life from the Surgeon, a doctor who has killed four young girls. He was in the right place at the right time…or was he? Kevin has a secret he is hiding from everyone even his closest friends, The Council of F More...

Kevin Ross, is not the typical high school student. After saving Leah from being murdered he is instantly seen as a hero. He claims that he was just in the right place at the right time, but he knows the real truth behind it all, the secret he fears to tell anyone about. When Kevin is told by his dad, ex troop, to remove two patriotic "support the troops" ribbons from his car, a gift from the mayor, everything becomes more complicated. Suddenly, just as quick as he was seen a hero, he was seen a More...

After Kross had saved Leah from a serial killer he had been seen as a hero in his town. And to thank him the mayor, who owns a car dealership, gave him a car at a huge discount and without some ribbons that say he supports the troops. But when his dad makes him take the ribbons of the car his schools newspaper photographer catches him throwing away the ribbons. And the next day the headlines for the school paper tell of him hating America causing everyone to hate him.
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Kevin Ross is a hero, in his high school, his town of Brookdale, his state and even the nation, for he is a young man who single-handedly stopped a serial killer. He jumped on his back and put him in a strangle hold while a girl from his school who was about to become the next victim called 911. But what nobody knows is why Kevin was there in the first place and what he was doing. But Kevin does and it is tearing him to pieces. But just as quickly as he was placed upon the pedestal, he is torn d More...

Kevin Ross doesn't consider himself a hero. Alright he saved Leah's life; he was able to stop the mugger - who turned out to be the Surgeon, a serial killer - from killing her. But he has a secret that is threatening to tear him apart. Did he really just happen to be there, at the right place at the right time?

But Kevin goes along with all the hoopla and hero treatment. He deals with it alright. Until he inadvertently does something that is considered unpopular by some members of the community. More...

Okay, so it's 10:51 Christmas night, I just finished reading a totally different book, and I actually finished this one a few weeks ago - but still I feel it warrants a review.

Oh, and this is my first real review since my brother basically forced me into the other reviews that I have posted on here.

Enough with the jibber jabber and on with the review... jabber...

This book by far is one of the better ones I've picked up in a while. I tend to only read things that are entertaining and not books th More...

Conflict(man vs. man)
(man vs. society)
(man vs. self)
Plot:the story Hero type takes place in the small patriotic town of Brookdale and is about a boy named Kevin Ross who is being called a hero because he saved a girl named Leah from a man called the surgeron who abducted, raped, and murdered teenage girls. Altough kevin's life starts to turn around because of this act things start to change from better to worse as he's caled a traitor to "his country" for throwing away stickers that "supported h More...

omg. Omg. OMG. okay so first off what i like is tht this book is real i mean the author basically harbored all the emotions, thots, and typical (and not so typical) actions of some random slightly depresssed kid living on standby i mean how does an old guy (ok maybe hes not tht old BUT hes not still in his teenage years) know what it would feel like?? that definitely takes skill. con-ish things: okay so i mean you have to admit the plot was a little weird, i mean i've never heard of a book where More...

Kevin Ross saves a classmate from a serial killer and goes from a nobody to hero overnight. But his reasons for being in the right place at the right time are not exactly something he wants everyone to know and he doesn't exactly feel like a hero. His time at the top doesn't last long when he is seen removing some 'Support the Troops' ribbons from his car and he goes from hero back to zero. Suddenly, he is viewed as someone who doesn't support the troops and hates America.


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I love Barr More...

A happenstance hero quickly becomes a pariah in his town when he is caught on film removing "support our troops" ribbons from the used car he is buying with reward money. Kevin, riddled with bad skin, a dysfunctional family, and low confidence saves longtime crush Leah from a serial killer. He neither welcomes nor understands the sudden limelight, but he does become angry and motivated to stand up for his right not to have a ribbon on his car, even though it was his ex-military father who asked More...

Okay, at the end, this story got preachy. Very very preachy, but I can see why:

this entire book made me so so so angry. But for the reasons it was trying to - most people (most Americans) don't/can't think for themselves. There was an article a few days ago, about how Jane Lynch (in Glee) blamed Obama for the lack of movement for Gay Rights.

But if she READ or knew ANYTHING about the Government, she'd realize that he doesn't have much, if any power for that. They moved it to the states. And he ca More...

Kevin' doesn't think he's much of a hero. The whole town considers him one, though, since he saved a girl from his school from being kidnapped by "The Surgeon," a brutal serial killer and rapist. Sometimes the attention is nice, since his dad barely pays attention to him at home and it's not like he's the most popular guy or the handsomest guy in school - he's far from it. Kevin told everyone that he was just at the right place at the right time, which, in a way he was. But the truth is there is More...

I chose this book because the cover seemed interesting and the preview was a cliff-hanger. This book is about a kid in high school who is not popular but saved the girl of his dreams from getting murdered. The whole town loves him for this until he does one silly mistake, which he thought was not a big deal, and starts to get hate from everyone, except the girl of his dreams. My favorite quote is when Kevin is talking to his dad;

“Kevin: 'Hey, Dad. How do you stop people from being stupid?'

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Being a Hero
Hero Type Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008, pg 295, $16,
Barry Lyga 978-0-547-07663-8

“And then I get into my car, and I don't look back. Tell the truth, it's the most heroic thing I’ve ever done.” Hero. What does a hero mean to you? Don't think that all heroes have a happy life. Kevin Ross, the hero in this novel, who fall in love with a girl that he saves and was turn against his town for some reasons.

Hero Type, the name of this book, is written by Barry Lyga. Hero Type is the only More...

This is a very thought provoking book for young adults. Kevin Ross (KRoss) is hailed as a hero when he saves a beautiful classmate from an attack by a serial killer. However, the reader soon learns that the reason KRoss was there TO save her was because he was stalking and secretly filming this classmate himself. The mayor of his hometown rewards KRoss with a good deal on a used car, complete with a requisite "Support the Troops" magnetic ribbon. Kevin's father, ambivalent about his own military More...

I loved going back to Brookdale after The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Gothgirl.

Hero-type is Kevin's story. Everyone in his town is celebrating him as a hero, because he saved a girl from a serial rapist/killer. He has been in the newspaper and on t.v. But Kevin doesn't think he deserves any of this special attention, because of the circumstances surrounding this rescue.

Kevin's popularity goes from savior to sinner when he is photographed removing patriotic magnets from the car the tow More...

Kevin is a hero. He saved a popular girl, Leah, from getting raped and murdered, and if that wasn't good enough, the person he saved her from is a serial killer. So, Kevin went from a fool that tried to not really get noticed to the center of attention. In school, everyone wants to be his friend and sit next to him. He is even given a pretty good deal on a car from the mayor of the town, who also owns the car dealership. Only, Kevin doesn't feel like a hero. Actually, he is keeping a secret that More...

Nothing But the Truth (AVI) meets Silent to the Bone (Konisburg). meets The Gospel According to Larry (Tasjian). Kevin is hailed as a hero when he saves Leah from a serial killer, only he knows how he happened to be 'on the scene' when he really does rise to the necessity of the occasion and truly save Leah. In the course of the ensuing adulation and scrutiny by his community, scoop seeking reporters most especially, Kevin's patriotism is challenged. He is nudged to carefully consider personal f More...

Rating B+
Review In the opening paragraphs of this book Lyga is setting up a scenario in which Kross says he's a "Before" picture--ugly smile, bad teeth, bad skin, scrawny physique--which is a set up for the first 85-90% of the book where Kross does some serious self-loathing. And, in my estimation, the self loathing isn't completely off base (nor does Lyga want it to be).

Plot: The plot of this book was good--not a lot of "action" per se, which I think a fair number of guys might want in their re More...

I am currently reading "Hero Type," which is about a teenage guy who had saved one of his classmate's life and now he is being praised for it, but he is also having to deal with his strong feelings of guilt and fear because no one but him knows why he was at the right place at the right time. Everyone in his small town is looking up him, calling him a hero, and even going to such heights as to making highway signs that read "Our Hero Kevin." Kevin now has to not only continue looking back on why More...

This book made me remember those long ago high school days(10 years already?) when my homeroom teacher would say "now everyone who loves our country can stand and say the pledge" and glare at me, and I would just stand there silent. And when the rest of the musical cast ostracized me because I wouldnt sing the national anthem in the green room. And when they had the petition to keep my picture out of the yearbook. And when they kicked me out of the Christian club. And when they tried to kick me More...

Kevin, a smart high school kid with C-grades and a group of friends called The Fool's Council, saves another student from a serial killer.
All of a sudden he's a hero and a nondescript kid nobody paid attention to is getting high fives in the hall and mayoral speeches. Oh, but if they all knew why he was there to save Leah that day--Leah, the object of his obsession....He was following her and videotaping her--I don't think it is a spoiler to give that away as it is obvious from the get-go. It i More...

This book is about a boy named Kevin Ross who saves another girl, Leah, from being medicated, raped, and murdered by a rapist known as 'The Surgeon' because he was a doctor, and and medicated his victms.
I learned about this book on my own. It was in my teacher's library, and I was looking for an intresting book to read, within a short amount of time. I think the author wanted us to take away from the book what the meaning of a hero is. There is a lot of different ways to think of hero, but aft More...

Kross, or Kevin Ross, is making it into all the headlines. It all begins when he became a hero for saving Leah from a murder and rapist. Kross gets all kinds of recognition and awards for his heroic act. His father, a military man, encourages him to get rid of all the ribbon and awards because that is not what being a hero is about. Unfortunately that is caught by the media as well. It doesn’t turn out in Kross’ favor.

This story will make readers contemplate what is meant by real heroism and pa More...

After Kevin Ross saves Leah Muldoon from a serial killer known as The Surgeon everyone calls him a hero and wants a piece of him, the news media, the mayor, everybody. Kross, as he’s known by his friends in the Council of Fools, was on a national news program, the school had an assembly honoring him, and he received a $30,000 reward; and all because he happened to be at the library when Leah was attacked. He wonders what people would think if they knew the real reason he was in the right place a More...

Wow. I can sum up Hero Type in that one word.

Now, I am not what you would call patriotic or political, so this book was not the most appealing to me. With that being said, I am SO glad I read it. This book makes you think. REALLY think. I learned so much from Hero Type. It's incredible. I mean, I don't necessarily say the Pledge of Alligiance everyday anymore because I didn't really see the point. Like Kevin talked about in the book, we did it just because its what was expected of us. I didn't More...