Moving.
A remarkable piece of work’ - Books for Keeps. . .
An excellent read’ - Anthony McGowan &lsquo
Astonishing, inventive .
A big, brave debut’ - The Bookseller &lsquo
This is a book with high ambitions - it tries to do many things and pulls them all off - tender, sad, but also tense and exciting. . . &lsquo
Outstanding .
We Can Be Heroes is an astonishing story from Catherine Bruton, sitting alongside Millions, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time and How I Live Now as one of the most ambitious and iconic stories for children. . .
So I guess it’s all back to front, sort of .
So it’s not really about 9/11 but, then again, none of those things would have happened if it hadn’t been for that day.
There’s stuff about how we built a tree house and joined the bomb squad; how I found my dad and Jed lost his; and how we both lost our mums then found them again.
The summer that me and Jed and Priti tried to catch a suicide bomber and prevent an honour killing.
It’s about the summer my mum went away.
But the stuff in this book isn’t about that.
My dad was killed in the 9/11 attacks in New York.
As powerful as Frank Cottrell Boyce’s Millions. . .
And most of all, unexpected .
Explosive.
Funny.
Moving
