Girl, hero

By Carrie Jones

Subjects: Self-reliance, Family problems, High schools, Interpersonal relations, Girls, fiction, Heroes, fiction, Schools, fiction, Fiction, Letters, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Family, fiction, Schools

Description: High school freshman Lily pours her heart out in letters to her hero, dead movie star John Wayne, in which she tells him about the death of her beloved stepfather, her mother's abusive boyfriends, her fears that her father is gay, getting the lead in the high school play, and her burgeoning romance with a classmate who reminds her of Mr. Wayne.