Hero
Perry Moore, . . Hyperion, $16.99 (428pp) ISBN 978-1-4231-0195-6
With a mother who has inexplicably disappeared, nascent superpowers and a burgeoning understanding of his gay sexuality, Thom Creed's life is anything but normal. Moore (an executive producer of the Chronicles of Narnia films) gives his debut novel a contemporary setting, albeit one rife with superheroes and villains straight out of the Golden Age of comic books. Thom is elated when the League, the foremost organization of superheroes, invites him to join as a probationary member. However, because his father, a disgraced former hero, detests super-heroes and gays (“These people will never have a normal life. They are the ultimate downfall of our society”), Thom hides both aspects of his identity. Essentially, much of this will be familiar from comics or
Reviewed on: 09/10/2007
Genre: Children's
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