Hero

By Mike Lupica

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

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.