"This beautiful volume provides a hopeful antidote that combines fantastical and inspirational pictures with prose designed to engage children's imaginations and remind them that they are full of power, strength, and hope."--Richard Paul Evans, NYT Bestselling author (05/05/2015)
Original fairy tales and hero stories written by authors inspired by Diaz's photography...Each tale is unique and begins with a short description of the child, his or her personal story, and the photograph...Vibrant photographs of children who are battling cancer. An inspiring anthology of well-told short stories accompanied by beautiful visuals."
-- (08/01/2015)
"Shannon Hale offers a tale of a warrior princess imprisoned in a tower by goblins who shave her head so she can't escape à la Rapunzel, and Brandon Mull gives readers a costumed young superhero redirecting a vengeful bullying victim onto the moral high road; both stories are strong and effective...There's quality here...The worthy purpose shines through."-- (08/01/2015)
"The photography, heroic adventures, and profiles of the children who inspired them add up to a project that's inspiring and moving on multiple levels."--Publishers Weekly (09/03/2015)
"A unique literary treasury...Truly exceptional, unfailingly entertaining, inspired and inspiring, "True Heroes" is unreservedly recommended for children ages 8 to 11 and will prove to be an enduringly popular addition to family, elementary school, and community library collections."--Midwest Book Review
This one-of-a-kind treasury brings together the talents of nearly two dozen bestselling middle-grade authors including Shannon Hale, Brandon Mull, Ally Condie and Jennifer A. Nielsen-who have created original short stories, modern-day fairy tales, based on the lives and dreams of children they have met who all have two things in common: They have very big hopes and dreams and they are all cancer patients. Each short story is prefaced by a brief bio of the child and is accompanied by photographs of the child, fully costumed and digitally inserted into a background-A baker, a dancer, a superhero, a dragon fighter, a sports star, a princess and more- that makes them the hero of their own modern-day fairy tale story written by one of their favorite authors.
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