Don't Call Me A Hero
READING AGE 16+
In a world of extraordinary individuals, Axel wanted to be ordinary. Unfortunately for him, anything that could be normal about his life was stripped away from him four years ago. Now he walks around with an invisible weight on his shoulders. Terrified that someone is going to reveal his secret, he doesn't allow friends to occupy his life. He stays to himself, not that anyone else minded. He has remained in the shadows, watching the world change around him.
When an old friend dies and leaves him with an unfinished mystery, Axel must force himself out the shadows he had grown to love. With the help of an over eager, goody two-shoes younger classman and a walking cliche of a superhero, Axel fights to solve the mystery.
And maybe, just maybe, accept who he is.
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Three weeks later…
“How’s your dad?” I asked Kendra as she climbed into the car. The prison was a large and menacing building that made me worry every time Kendra disappeared inside its thick, stone walls. She shrugged as she slid her bag onto the floor by her feet.
“He thinks his cell is haunted,” sh……
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