Like Some Kind of Hero

By Jan Marino

Book Overview

Ted Bradford steps on a lot of toes and endures many heartaches the summer he decides he would rather be a lifeguard than a musician.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380720108
• ISBN13: 9780380720101
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Flare
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 0.8" x 4.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

A great story that teenagers can relate to in some way.

This book, Like Some Kind Of Hero, is a great book that talks about real life situations. I thought that I could relate to this book, because the kids are around my age, at about 14 years old, and everything that happens could be put in a situation that I could find myself in. Ted is one of the main characters that gets himself into a lot of problems, but he does that by trying to be just like the "popular group." Ted told the story and his troubles as a teenage boy, but at the end the problems seemed to all disappear. I thought the rest of the characters, including Ted, were very well put together. I could not put the book down. Every page was filled with good conversation, so I would just call it a page- turner. If you are interested in reading this great story, I highly would suggest it. It has a touch of humor, sports and romance.

A GOOD AND FUN BOOK

Ted and Will are two good friends who want to sign-up to lifeguard practices, they did. On Monday they went to the beach. When they were called, Mr. Stone said that they didn't do a bad job.Ted's mom wrote a note, he made the team.Then he called Will and he also made it. They would meet the next day, along with Aphie, a friend of them. Mr. Mueller, the soccer teacher, was the new teacher, he hated them. Ted and Will went mowing, but it started raining so Ted went home. The next day they went to the beach again and then they went to the pool and met Mr. Capra who gave some advice. When Ted cut's his hair off his family and friends are also shocked. Mr. Mueller started to ask some questions and told Ted to take his hat off. Mr. Mueller liked the cut. Friday the 13 was Ted's worst day ever. He was playing guitar really bad so Mr. Krauss told him he didn't want him as a student anymore. After sometime Ted's dad told Ted that he knew that he wasn't taking guitar classes. It is a fun and easy book to read. The lesson I learned is that the worse thing you can do is to lie. You can't lie at all, here Ted was trying to be someone else. You should read this book and look deep inside on yourself to feel it. This book explains the adolescent life of these kids, and how they want people or friends to think of them.