GIRL, HERO: Carrie Jones: Flux: Young Adult: 305 pagesLiliana looking for a real hero in her life to help her deal with starting high school, her mothers alcoholic live in boyfriend, a father who may be gay, and her sisters’ abusive husband turns to John Wayne for help. “Sure, he’s a dead movie cowboy, but at least the Duke knew about doing the right thing, about being a hero.”
This coming of age tale about a girl trying to find the hero in herself is written in conversational letter format to Mr. Wayne. For the subject matters it deals with, the language is pretty tame. I really enjoyed the authors writing style and using John Wayne as an imaginary mentor.
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