Perry Moore is the Executive Producer of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." HERO, his first novel, was inspired by his own adolescence, growing up as a gay teen in a southern, Christian household with his father, a Vietnam veteran.
Gr 9 Up-What do you get when you mix fantasy with GLBT fiction? You get a confused, frustrated, and determined hero. Thom Creed is a gay teen whose mother has left home for reasons unknown to him. The boy discovers that, like his mother, he has special powers. Thom's father is a hardworking man with prejudice against homosexuals and superheroes. Thom's greatest ambition is to join the League, a band of superheroes. By chance, Thom's special powers are discovered by League members when the bus he is on while attempting to run away from home is attacked by villains and he uses his powers to save the passengers. He earns an invitation to try out for membership in the League and barely makes the cut for probationary membership along with a group of other misfits, who form a team. From Scarlett, who hides a medical secret under her pizza delivery jacket, to Ruth, an old woman whose only romance was with a man of the wrong color, the team members must deal with numerous challenges. While Thom's difficulties with his father go from bad to worse, threats to the safety of the world mount. Michael Urie expertly distinguishes each character's voice in Perry Moore's novel. (Hyperion, 2009). A description of masturbation while viewing gay pornography makes this story most appropriate for older teens.-Ann Weber, Bellarmine College Prep., San Jose, CA (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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