Fourteen-year-old Zach learns he has the same special abilities as his father, who was the President's globe-trotting troubleshooter until "the Bads" killed him, and now Zach must decide whether to use his powers in the same way at the risk of his own life.

"The four princes erroneously dubbed by Prince Charming and rudely marginalized in their respective fairy tales have to once again save the kingdom from a great threat"--

Saturday Woodcutter accidentally conjures an ocean in the backyard and, with sword in tow, sets sail on a pirate ship, only to find herself kidnapped and held captive by a mountain witch with the power to destroy the world.

De Rhonda Byrne, creadora de la película y el libro El Secreto, obras que han logrado éxitos de ventas internacionales, nos llega Héroe (edición en español de Hero), su último proyecto capaz de cambiar el mundo y el más importante hasta la fecha.
Imagina que existiera un mapa que te mostrara cómo llegar de donde estás ahora a la vida más brillante, rica, gratificante...

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.

Thom Creed, the gay son of a disowned superhero, finds that he, too, has special powers and is asked to join the very League that rejected his father, and it is there that Thom finds other misfits whom he can finally trust.

This title examines the role and theme of the hero archetype in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, To Kill a Mockingbird, 12 Years a Slave, The Scarlet Letter, and Little Women. It features four analysis papers that consider the hero theme, each using different critical lenses, writing techniques, or aspects of the theme. Critical thinking questions, sidebars highlighting and explaining each thesis and argument, and other possible approaches for...

Themes: Self-Esteem, Stealing, Journalism, Police, Popularity, Fiction, Teen, Young Adult, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Jair Nobles still remembers how great it felt. After he and Zander Peterson rescued two girls at a party that got out of hand, other...

She's the last of her kind...and the only one for him. He is the sexiest, most irksome man she's ever encountered... Micayla is the last Zetithian female left in the universe. She doesn't know what's normal for her species, but she knows when she sees Trag that all she wants to do is bite him... He has searched all over the galaxy for a woman like her... Trag has sworn he'll never marry unless he can find a Zetithian female. But now that he's finally...

When You're the HeroMiguel Garcia saved the day in January. His quick thinking stopped the Eyewitness News building from going up in flames with all of his friends and co-workers still inside. And he relives that moment almost nightly in his nightmares.But it's not the only nightmare he's facing. He wants to do some video reporting of the escalating homelessness situation in downtown Portland. And someone seems to be trying to kill him. Or is that...