From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday Wars, in which a seventh grader has to figure out how to fulfill a seemingly impossible school assignment—and learns about friendship, community, and himself along the way.
The Labors of Hercules Beal
$24.99
Product Description
Herc Beal knows who he’s named after—a mythical hero—but he’s no superhero. He’s the smallest kid in his class. So when his homeroom teacher at his new middle school gives him the assignment of duplicating the mythical Hercules’s amazing feats in real life, he’s skeptical. After all, there are no Nemean Lions on Cape Cod—and not a single Hydra in sight.
Missing his parents terribly and wishing his older brother wasn’t working all the time, Herc figures out how to take his first steps along the road that the great Hercules himself once walked.
Soon, new friends, human and animal, are helping him. And though his mythical role model performed his twelve labours by himself, Herc begins to see that he may not have to go it alone.
Please note: Sarah MacKenzie of Read Aloud Revival notes: “Recommended for ages 14+.”
Additional Information
| Weight | .4 kg |
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| Dimensions | 8.5 × 5.5 × 1 in |
| ISBN | 9780358659631 |
| Published Date | 2023 |
| Author | Gary D. Schmidt |
| Publisher | Clarion Books |
| Format | Hardcover |
