Hero

By Mike Lupica

Subjects: Superheroes, Fathers and sons, Practical Politics, Practical politics in fiction, Death, Politics, Family life in fiction, Families, New York Times bestseller, Heroes and heroines, Heroes in fiction, Father-son relationship, Heroes, Death in fiction, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fathers and sons in fiction, nyt:chapter-books=2010-12-05, Family life

Description: Fourteen-year-old Billy learns he has the same special abilities as his father, who was the President's globe-trotting troubleshooter until "the Bads" killed him, and now Billy must decide whether to use his powers in the same way at the risk of his own life.