Shadow of a Hero

By Peter Dickinson

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385321104
• ISBN13: 9780385321105
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.0" x 5.8"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

This book is about a small family trying to get into varnia

I liked the legend part of the book and the book is quite compelling

Beautifully written

Peter Dickinson's skilfully woven tale of fictional Varina's attempts to become independant is an excellent story. Its bitter, deceitful history becomes evident as Letta, an English teenager, visits Varina with her Varinian grandfather, only to be met by soldiers and guns. A must-read