false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256127067m/3264222.jpg 3264222 2 Everyone is treating Kevin as a hero. He was in the right place and the right time and he saved a girl from being murdered. Only Kevin knows though, why he was able to save her. Things get even more complicated when Kevin is seen removing two patriotic "Support the Troops" ribbons from his car bumper. Now the town that lauded him as a hero turns on him, calling him unpatriotic. Kevin, who hadn't thought much about it up to then, becomes politcially engaged, suddenly questioning what exactly supporting the troops or even saying the pledge of allegiance every day means. 3299531 22 9 2008 Hero-Type total:206|5:40|4:83|3:61|2:19|1:3| 206 756 361 73 4 0 false true Thu Jul 09 16:00:56 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 16:16:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 26 21:02:38 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 19:19:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 18:25:12 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 19:05:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 16:58:54 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 04:27:12 -0700 2009
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...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 05 19:03:41 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 19:03:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 06:26:04 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 13:27:52 -0700 2009 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...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 16:52:23 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 17:02:33 -0800 2009 I learned about this book on my own. It was in my teacher's library, and I wa...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 13:31:49 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 17:27:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 02 09:19:53 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 19:00:56 -0800 2009 By Barry Lyga
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin company
# of Pager: 290
Age Rating: +13
My Rating: 4 Stars

Synopsis:
Everyone is treating Kevin as a hero. He was in the right place and the right time and he saved a girl from being murdered. Only Kevin kno...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Mar 30 09:35:14 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 12:17:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 12:03:14 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 12:11:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 09:56:43 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 05:48:48 -0800 2009 1
so the mayor gives him a sweet deal on a car- but the car comes with a couple of those magnetic 'support the troops' ribbons. kevin's dad, who served in the military, makes kevin take them off. a reporter sees, ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 06:44:40 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 18:18:10 -0700 2009
In 'Hero Type' by Barry Lyga, Kevin goes from favorite son to outcast overnight when he stops the attack on the town sweetheart Leah. Everyone in Brookdale ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 12:25:52 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 10:32:03 -0800 2009
and now that I've read it:

Eh, I guess for some kid somewhere out in the sticks who's never thought about thinking for himself, this book might be revelatory. But as one teen reader put it, t...more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 16:41:03 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 19:25:13 -0700 2009
What drove me to turn this audiobook off half-way...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 19:03:14 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 17:06:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 13 15:21:05 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 15:21:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 19 14:35:14 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 14:38:59 -0700 2008
Kevin Ross, known as Kross to his friends, has been called a hero in his hometown and beyond. But can the seemingly innocent decision to remove a couple of magnetic ribbons from the back of his ugly, brown used car...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 20:16:24 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 20:17:05 -0700 2008
Overture (aka the Prologue)

You know those pictures of fat people?
I'm talking about the ones in the ads for diets and weight-loss drugs and stuff like that. You know them. They always show the "Before...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 09:58:28 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 14:30:44 -0700 2009
& I can't stand the "suspenseful" withholding. We don't get to hear why Kevin really isn't a hero until page 200! He...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3264222