The Hero Next Door

by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich (Editor)

Other authors: William Alexander (Contributor), Joseph Bruchac (Contributor), Anna Dobbin (Contributor), Lamar Giles (Contributor), Mike Jung (Contributor) — 9 more, Hena Khan (Contributor), Juana Medina (Contributor), Ellen Oh (Contributor), RJ Palacio (Contributor), Linda Sue Park (Contributor), Cynthia Leitich Smith (Contributor), Ronald L. Smith (Contributor), Suma Subramaniam (Contributor), Rita Williams-Garcia (Contributor)

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A collection of short stories by diverse authors that explores acts of bravery by heroes trying to make the world a better place.

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A collection of short stories aimed at middle school students. Most of the stories were interesting and entertaining with thoughtful lessons. My favorite has to be the one where a boy convinces his friend to not turn in an essay from the Internet because "Teachers know how to Google, too." (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Rhuday-Perkovich, Olugbemisola	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Alexander, William	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bruchac, Joseph	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dobbin, Anna	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Giles, Lamar	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jung, Mike	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Khan, Hena	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Medina, Juana	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Oh, Ellen	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Palacio, RJ	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Park, Linda Sue	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Smith, Cynthia Leitich	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Smith, Ronald L.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Subramaniam, Suma	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Williams-Garcia, Rita	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed