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Just Another Hero (Jericho #3)
by
Sharon M. Draper (Goodreads Author)
This group of friends has been through so much after a deadly hazing ritual left friendships broken, hearts aching, and November pregnant with Josh’s baby. But senior year is going well, and when the fire alarm goes off, everyone assumes that crazy Jack is trying to get out of a quiz or a test. Then he shows up at the science lab wielding an AK-47, sputtering about the nee...more
Hardcover, 288 pages
Published
June 23rd 2009
by Atheneum Books for Young Readers
(first published February 29th 2000)
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JUST ANOTHER HERO is the final book in Sharon M. Draper's trilogy that began with THE BATTLE OF JERICHO and NOVEMBER BLUES. It takes readers inside a Cincinnati high school to follow the lives of a group of students who are now seniors finishing their high school careers and heading on to whatever their futures may hold.
This group of friends has experienced a lot over the years. They have watched out for each other, fallen in love,...more
JUST ANOTHER HERO is the final book in Sharon M. Draper's trilogy that began with THE BATTLE OF JERICHO and NOVEMBER BLUES. It takes readers inside a Cincinnati high school to follow the lives of a group of students who are now seniors finishing their high school careers and heading on to whatever their futures may hold.
This group of friends has experienced a lot over the years. They have watched out for each other, fallen in love,...more
This book is about the lives of a number of teenagers at a high school in the inner city. The book talks about real life problems. One character is Arielle. She used to live with her mom and her mom's boyfriend. The boyfriend was rich. One day, Arielle came home and he had left and took the furniture, the car, the carpet and everything. Her and her mom had to live in a homeless shelter. Arielle meets a nice woman at the shelter who gets her current teen clothes and a prom dress. Another charact...more
In “Just Another Hero” Sharon M. Draper captures the prominent issues in the teen community today including, bullying, violence, substance abuse, domestic abuse, and early parenthood. The main characters in this book are a group of high school seniors from Douglas High School who throughout the book evolve and overcome different hardships in their lives.
Arielle Gresham was one of the two narrators throughout the book who started off as an outcast with no one to really talk to. She had given up...more
Arielle Gresham was one of the two narrators throughout the book who started off as an outcast with no one to really talk to. She had given up...more
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This book became a read for me as a student worker is reading it for her book report & is struggling to get through it. I believe she is a struggling / reluctant reader so any book becomes a challenge for her. She is quickly becoming frustrated so I thought I would join her in reading -- hopefully providing someone to discuss the book with, examine characters & motivate her.
I must admit I've not read the first two books in the series but it reads well without having read the first two as...more
I must admit I've not read the first two books in the series but it reads well without having read the first two as...more
This is the third book in the trilogy with Battle of Jericho and November Blues, so you might want to read the first two books first in order to get better acquainted with the characters; I felt a little lost picking this up on its own. It's set in an urban Ohio high school, where Arielle lives with her rich stepdad and mom but is unhappy over his controlling ways; Kofi is hooked on pain pills but trying to keep it secret from his girlfriend; another girl, November, is back at school mid-semeste...more
The third in the Battle of Jericho/November Blues series, Just Another Hero shows November returning to school after having her baby, Sunshine, the boys from the Warriors of Distinction who have disbanded after Jericho's death in the first book, and the relationships between students, teachers, and life.
Arielle is living with a stepfather who controls the money and essentially their lives. This was a unique storyline, as both Arielle and her mother must turn in their receipts from the allowance...more
Arielle is living with a stepfather who controls the money and essentially their lives. This was a unique storyline, as both Arielle and her mother must turn in their receipts from the allowance...more
I just finished reading the book titled, "Just Another Hero," By Sharon M. Draper. This book was about Arielle, November, Kofi and Dana. For Arielle it's all too real. Having to deal with a over controlling step father living by his rules and his way of life. Also having to deal with all her friends she hurt while chasing after a boy. Dissing them and even calling them out of their name, turns towards them for forgiveness. Even with that on Arielle's plate, her and her mother have a rude awakin...more
Narrated by two of the side characters from book one and book two in the trilogy, Just Another Hero focuses on teens getting there life back together. Kofi has a full ride to MIT but becomes hooked on drugs and Arielle finds herself isolated by her controlling step-father as well as her own mean legacy from the first two books.
While the book is entertaining and is written in the ease of teen vernacular, the two main characters are the weakest so far. I don't believe them. Kofi's descent into dr...more
While the book is entertaining and is written in the ease of teen vernacular, the two main characters are the weakest so far. I don't believe them. Kofi's descent into dr...more
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I am currently reading an advanced copy of "Just Another Hero" (Bridget - sorry) by Sharon Draper, the third book in the "Battle of Jericho" series. (This book was scheduled for publication in June of 2009.)
This was just O.K. I didn't like it as much as "November Blues." Many events stretch the limits of credulity, and the writing is just O.K. Character development is limited, except for those who may have read the first two books. It does stand alone, but the three books as a whole carry more w...more
This was just O.K. I didn't like it as much as "November Blues." Many events stretch the limits of credulity, and the writing is just O.K. Character development is limited, except for those who may have read the first two books. It does stand alone, but the three books as a whole carry more w...more
This book was so amazing. I literally read it in 2 days becaue i was so attached. Sharon M. Draper has a fantastic way of communicating a great story line with fantastic details. She uses 2 main characters to tell the story. I think she picked them because they both had very hard lives. Their familys were not functioning very well. Arielle had a mean stepfather that gave both her and her mom "allowence", and tallied up their reciepts from a whole week every Sunday. This is just crazy to me. He...more
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This book is about Hazelwood High School recently have three fire drills per week. Students and teachers spent outside in the cold for twenty minutes till the fire drill is over. The students suspect that this fire drill was done by Crazy Jack because he is trying to get out of another quiz. Another reason is that Jack will always get out of the classroom before the fire drill start. That prediction was wrong. Till the end of the book, the last fire drill wasn't for getting out for another quiz...more
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This book made me realize how to choose friends in high school and how to not let anyone downgrade you and stand up for whats right and don't bully weak people. An important lesson I learned so far is never bring valuable things to school because no matter where you secretly have it some one can always get access and steal it.I'd recommend this book to whoever is coming into high school or who ever needs help with friend advice.I learned so far while reading this book that friends...more
This book made me realize how to choose friends in high school and how to not let anyone downgrade you and stand up for whats right and don't bully weak people. An important lesson I learned so far is never bring valuable things to school because no matter where you secretly have it some one can always get access and steal it.I'd recommend this book to whoever is coming into high school or who ever needs help with friend advice.I learned so far while reading this book that friends...more
Have you ever been in school and a kid comes in into the class with a AK-47? Well if you haven't then read this review about "Just Another Hero" Sharon M. Draper.
The main character in "Just Another Hero" is Arielle Gresham and she has had a bad past with some of the students in her school which were her friends at some point back then.Arielle has to deal with her problems in her house which breaks her spirit.She also has to deal with an outbreak of false fire alarms, a series of thefts, a stud...more
The main character in "Just Another Hero" is Arielle Gresham and she has had a bad past with some of the students in her school which were her friends at some point back then.Arielle has to deal with her problems in her house which breaks her spirit.She also has to deal with an outbreak of false fire alarms, a series of thefts, a stud...more
"Just Another Hero" By Sharon Draper was about when, First, Arielle,Jericho & Osrick Wardley Investigate and test each of the students for if they stole anything by the police.Then Miss Pringle starts to steal the students personal items and Rosa Found Out It was her after a test by Osrick and by clues that Rosa already knew and arrested Miss Pringle and put to jail after stealing her students items, Towards the end of the book the students eventually arrive back with Miss Pringle and brings...more
the book is mainly about a girl who has done her friends wrong in the past who comes to befriend her previous friends. she comes to a piont where she has bnefriended a nerd who may know who is stealing students cellphones and money. she soon comes to be one of the people who has seen a student gone wild and brung a gun to school. but its not pretty when she goes home, her step father has left her and her mom and has went elsewhere and has cleaned the house out clean.
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Kofi, Arielle, November and the whole gang are trying to make it through their senior year unscathed. Each are struggling with family issues, their future and relationships amongst one another. As the year progresses a thief has arised and no one knows who it is. Osrick, a bully magnet, comes up with a plan to catch the thief. Soon all mayhem breaks loose as the plan has been carried through and Crazy Jack feels threatened. Crazy Jack plans to take revenge with rifle on his classmates. What happ...more
I would recommend this book as it is the conclusion in a trilogy of books that YA readers may be familiar with. While the book jacket makes it plain that an armed threat will disrupt the friends’ lives, this event occurs at the very end of the book. Much of the book is spent outlining characters, dealing briefly with a myriad of issues, and casting suspicions. The characters are likable and fairly well-developed; adult characters are cast as more dorky and caring than just plain clueless. Howeve...more
I just in love with Y.A african-amercian book of Hazelwood High School series & I mean I really like it. Not only does the author Mrs. Sharon M. Draper is the H.S english teacher but also likes to writes books in her spare time.
Now back to review I really like the two main charters Arielle & Kofi they did a great job in this book. Now let's talk about the first charter the main charter is Arielle now what I like about Arielle is that she lives with her mother & her stepfather named...more
Now back to review I really like the two main charters Arielle & Kofi they did a great job in this book. Now let's talk about the first charter the main charter is Arielle now what I like about Arielle is that she lives with her mother & her stepfather named...more
Arielle Gresham, disliked and mistrusted by most of the students at her school, has a secret past, an unbelievably complicated present, and a shaky future. But no one knows or cares because she has managed to alienate anyone who could help her. She tries to cope with problems at school, but difficulties at home almost break her spirit. As the school tries to deal with an outbreak of false fire alarms, a series of thefts, a student addicted to prescriptions drugs, and another who is a victim on v...more
This book is narrated from two urban teens' perspectives: Arielle, who has an overpowering and controlling step-father and Kofi, who is trying to get a scholarship to get into MIT while struggling to kick his addiction to Oxys. While this book is marketed as a school shooting story, the majority of it is about two teens in urban schools learning what it truly means to be a hero. I liked the integration of the Beowulf story. Some of the dialogue was a bit dated for me. The way the characters spok...more
The School in Cincinnati that produces killers and somehow Julliard and MIT prospects. It was annoying that because it was the third in a series much of the backstory was assumed, But i was able to slowly put together who was who and why they were responding to certain people. I was seeing the consequences of previous actions.
I thought it interesting to see how a girl could face going from top of the social ladder to bottom to trying to reclaimed a place; only to loose all earthly possessions a...more
I thought it interesting to see how a girl could face going from top of the social ladder to bottom to trying to reclaimed a place; only to loose all earthly possessions a...more
Apr 02, 2011
Mariyamou Drammeh
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Anone who loves dranatic realistic fiction.
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I picked this book because I absolutely love Sharon M. Draper books. I also picked it because it's the third book in a this little series so I decided to read it. i liked how it was so dramatic. Everything that was happening in the book made me want to read more. The characters in this book were like real teens and I felt like I could relate to them. The thing that surprised me the most was that event that happened towards the end of the book. The shooting in the school surprised me but kept me...more
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The third book in the Battle of Jericho trilogy, this book follows November Blues. The plotline is definitely more engaging if the first two books were read. The book is marketed as a school shooting book, but really there is a lot more going on. One of the students is battling an addiction to painkillers, all of the students are trying to figure out college plans, there is a theft spree going on and the school is trying to catch the criminal, and Arielle is struggling at home due to a controlli...more
I think that this book is good so far and I really want to find out more.............................
To be continued .....although i have been reading this book in a book club with friends it has really brought out some true things in some of the people's lives in the story .also the book gets intresting in every chapter first i thought the book would be horrible in the first chapter then talking about someone stealing wallets,also killing and deaths,a girl is pregnant,pulling fire alarms,fighti...more
To be continued .....although i have been reading this book in a book club with friends it has really brought out some true things in some of the people's lives in the story .also the book gets intresting in every chapter first i thought the book would be horrible in the first chapter then talking about someone stealing wallets,also killing and deaths,a girl is pregnant,pulling fire alarms,fighti...more
the book just another hero, is about 3 teenage kids in highchool, the crazy kids in highschool and what they go threw. the decisions they have to make in order to get into college. 1 of these kids had a baby,one of them has a scholarship to college. the kids struggle threw this on a cold school day.a child is holding them captive in a room with a gun.
i did like the book. i like the book because it was like a television show. it has many details about wat happened. it paints a picture in your hea...more
i did like the book. i like the book because it was like a television show. it has many details about wat happened. it paints a picture in your hea...more
A highschool real life drama that has you biting your teeth and turning the page for more the whole time. Just another Hero is told from the perspective of two highschool students. Arielle a girl who was once popular and lost all her friends and its trying to get through her senior year and make peace with some of her old friends. The second teenager Kofi is fighting a hard addition while trying to maintain a relationship. When the highschool is turned upisde down by a event somebody has to be a...more
Just Another Hero is a very mysterious book. The end of the book is my favorite part because something happens at the end of the book that you would never expect. The book is about this girl named Arielle, and her mom is married too this sycho man. He makes Arielle and her mom keep receits from what they buy. Something bad happens to Arielle and her mom.
Arielle has already had bad luck, but don't think thats the end of it. Something happens at the end of the story that you would never expect to...more
Arielle has already had bad luck, but don't think thats the end of it. Something happens at the end of the story that you would never expect to...more
Draper's final book in the Battle for Jericho trilogy, Just Another Hero, was a great urban fiction. The plot was fast paced, the African American characters believable using as the backdrop---their final year of high school as seniors includes many fire drills, jobs after school and thoughts of getting into college. I just loved Draper's characterization of Arielle and her mother. They really grew from materialistic one dimensional characters to becoming thinking, feeling women. Kofi was an ath...more
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Fans of Draper’s previous works will remember many of the cast of characters developed in The Battle of Jericho and November Blues. It’s senior year, and African American teens Arielle and Kofi are both struggling against forces larger than themselves. There’s a lot going on at school and at home, and perhaps too many characters than ultimately necessary. Despite that, Draper successfully explores a variety of contemporary issues for Urban Young Adults for an audience of 13+ providing a satisfyi...more
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Sharon M. Draper is a professional educator as well as an accomplished writer. She has been honored as the National Teacher of the Year, is a five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Literary Award, and is a New York Times bestselling author. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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