Heroes

Cormier, Robert. Heroes. New York: Delacorte Press Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., 1998

I liked Larry LaSalle because he helped the kids when he reopened the wreck center. At the same time I don't like Larry LaSalle because he rapped young girls. He started out as a great friend of young people but later in the story we learned that he was only hanging out with them to get to the girls. I would recomend that teenages read this book because it deals with alot of early relationship issues. I would not recomend this book to younger audiences because I don't think they would be able to relate to all of the issues that are addressed in the story.
Francis Cassavant was a very shy and reserved seventh grade student at St. Jude's Parochial School when one day he saw the girl who would change his life forever, Nicole Renard. Nicole would speak to Francis but Francis couldn't find the courage to speak back. After some time he eventually began a friendly relat...