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True Heroes

Jennifer A. Nielsen

2015199 pagesabout 3–5 hours
2015
first published
  • 2015Shadow Mountain Publishing · ENGISBN 9781629733760
  • 2015Shadow Mountain Publishing · 199 pages · ENGISBN 9781629721033

This one-of-a-kind treasury brings together the talents of nearly two dozen bestselling middle-grade authors including Shannon Hale, Brandon Mull, Ally Condie and Jennifer A. Nielsen-who have created original short stories, modern-day fairy tales, based on the lives and dreams of children they have met who all have two things in common: They have very big hopes and dreams and they are all cancer patients. Each short story is prefaced by a brief bio of the child and is accompanied by photographs of the child, fully costumed and digitally inserted into a background-A baker, a dancer, a superhero, a dragon fighter, a sports star, a princess and more- that makes them the hero of their own modern day fairy tale story written by one of their favorite authors.

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CommitmentQuick escape

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Written forMiddle grade

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