Heroes Don't Run is the last book of a series that depicts the life of a boy, who grows up and reaches adulthood in the Second World War. He faces many hardships and misfortunes, such as having no permanent home during his high school years, because of his father's military service, having a close friend gravely injured in the attack on Pearl Harbor, and his father dying in the same attack. He later...
Heroes Don't Run is about a young boy named Adam Pelko defies his mother's wishes and enlists in the Marines. Although he was underage he wanted to serve in WW2 to defend his father's name, but the war ended before he got out of boot camp in BAKERSFIELD. His father who was a lieutenant on the USS Arizona. He was killed in the attack on Perl Harbor.I think this book is very good because I like...
PW starred A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor, saying, Mazer successfully fuses a strong portrayal of Adam's transformation with both a vivid account of the attack and subtle suggestions of the complexities of Japanese-American relations as played out in particular lives. Harry Mazer continued Adam Pelko's story in A Boy No More, and now concludes with Heroes Don't Run: A Novel of the Pacific War, in which Adam, now 17, enlists in the Marines in 1944 to face combat on Okinawa. (Aug.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
Harry Mazer is the author of many books for young readers, including My Brother Abe, A Boy at War, A Boy No More, Heroes Don't Run, The Wild Kid; and Snow Bound. His books have won numerous honors, including the Horn Book Honor List and the ALA Best Books for Young Adults citations. He is the recipient of the ALAN Award. Harry Mazer lives in Montpelier, Vermont.
