Just Another Hero

Jericho, November, Arielle, and their friends must step up big time to prevent a deadly school tragedy in this harrowing conclusion to Sharon M. Draper's Jericho Trilogy.

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.

Then, as the school tries to deal with an outbreak of false fire alarms and a series of thefts, and Arielle discovers that one classmate is addicted to prescription drugs and another is a victim on vicious online bullying. Outward appearances are seldom what they seem to be--everyone is dealing with something, it's all a matter of how you deal with it, Arielle is figuring out.

But one kid can't, and as he starts to crack, could he take the school tumbling down with him?

A hero is needed. But what makes a hero?

Author: Sharon M. Draper
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 06/23/2009
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781416907008
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.3
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 132194 / Just Another Hero


Award: Buckeye Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Nevada Young Readers' Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 05/15/2009
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2009 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Booklist 06/01/2009 pg. 51
Publishers Weekly 06/15/2009 pg. 51
School Library Journal 07/01/2009 pg. 82
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2009
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2009 pg. 395 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Multicultural Review 05/01/2010 pg. 78

About the Author
Sharon M. Draper is a three-time New York Times bestselling author and a recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring her significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens. She has received the Coretta Scott King Award for both Copper Sun and Forged by Fire, and was awarded the Charlotte Huck Award for Stella by Starlight. Her novel Out of My Mind has won multiple awards and was a New York Times bestseller for over three years, and Blended has also been a New York Times bestseller. She lives in Florida, where she taught high school English for twenty-five years and was named National Teacher of the Year. Visit her at SharonDraper.com.