Shadow of a Hero

By: Peter Dickinson

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Paperback | 26 May 2015

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242 Pages

Age
12 - 16

Grade
7 - 10

Dimensions(cm)
20.32 x 13.34 x 1.4

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To save a country, a girl and her grandfather must learn what it means to be a hero

The greatest hero in the history of Varina was baptized in a cave. Every schoolchild knows the story. His parents were on their way to the city when a storm drove them to take shelter in the mountainside, along with a priest, a bandit, and a scholar. When the storm did not abate, they asked the priest to give their child a name, and he christened the boy Restaur Vax. The boy would grow to be a warrior, a scholar, and a man of god, and his name would lead an oppressed people to independence for the first time. Alas, that liberty would not survive.

Generations later, Vax’s oldest living descendant is in London, teaching the language of Varina to his inquisitive young granddaughter. When his homeland is torn apart once more by war, calls come for this man to take up the mantle of the Vax name—and become a hero for a new age.

Industry Reviews

“Dickinson’s spine-tingling, heart-stopping new work provides a glimpse of the elusive, unsettling and highly personal truths that often lurk behind terse political headlines.” —Publishers Weekly

“Beautifully told.” —TES

“Riveting.” —The Guardian

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