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Heck Superhero

by (author) Martine Leavitt

Publisher
Astra Publishing House
Initial publish date
Sep 2014
Category
Parents, Homelessness & Poverty, Adolescence
Recommended Age
12 to 18
Recommended Grade
5 to 9
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780889953000
    Publish Date
    May 2004
    List Price
    $9.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781629791098
    Publish Date
    Sep 2014
    List Price
    $7.95

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Heck is used to getting by on his own; his mother is unreliable, at best. But even a boy with a rich imagination is going to have a tough time managing when he and his mother find themselves without a home. It's a good thing Heck has wit, strength, and a lot of optimism.

About the author

Martine Leavitt has published eight novels for young readers, most recently My Book of Life By Angel, which received five starred reviews, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a Junior Library Guild Selection, a Horn Book Fanfare book, a Booklist best book of the year, and winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year. Other titles include Keturah and Lord Death, a finalist for the National Book Award, Tom Finder, winner of the Mr. Christie's Book Award, and Heck Superhero, a finalist for the Governor General’s Award. Her novels have been published in Japan, Korea, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and the Netherlands. Currently she teaches creative writing to graduate students at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is a mother of seven, grandmother of fifteen, and lives in High River, Alberta.

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