Johnson, Pete. The hero game; even heroes have something to hide.JOHNSON, Pete. The hero game; even heroes have something to hide. Read by Stuart McLoughlin. 4 cds. 4.25 hrs. BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. Audiobooks America. 2005. 1-4056-5523-2. $34.95. Vinyl; plot, reader notes. JS Charlie is 11 when his father walks out on him and his mother. Within two years his father dies in an auto accident and Charlie starts spending more time with his grandfather, who was a fighter pilot in WW II. Charlie is so intrigued by his granddad's stories of the bravery and courage of the pilots that he decides to contact some of his granddad's WW II buddies and write down their experiences. But one of the men who knew his granddad when they were students in school reveals a hideous secret that Charlie can't seem to forgive or forget Forgive or Forget was a talk show which aired in national syndication across the United States from June 1998 to May 2000. The premise of the show involved people talking about past incidents in which the guests had wronged, or had been wronged by, a friend or a loved one, . Telling the story, McLoughlin becomes Charlie, with all his teenage concerns about what is truth and heroism Heroism See also Bravery. Achilles Greek hero without whom Troy could not have been taken. [Gk. Lit.: Iliad] Aeneas Trojan hero; legendary founder of Roman race. [Rom. Lit. . His slight British accent provides an appropriate ambience am·bi·ence n. Variant of ambiance. ambience or ambiance Noun the atmosphere of a place Noun 1. . Johnson is a prolific writer of YA books. For this title he extensively researched historical events of WW II. Carol Kellerman, Libn/Media Spec. (retired), Santa Fe Santa Fe, city, Argentina Santa Fe, city (1991 pop. 341,000), capital of Santa Fe prov., NE Argentina, a river port near the Paraná, with which it is connected by canal. , NM J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. |
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