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A Hero Ain't Nothing but a Sandwich by Alice Childress is a ya fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Hero Ain't Nothing but a Sandwich about?
Benjie can stop using heroin anytime he wants to. He just doesn't want to yet. Why would he want to give up something that makes him feel so good, so relaxed, so tuned-out? As Benjie sees it, there's nothing much to tune in for. School is a waste of time, and home life isn't much better. All Benjie wants is for someone to believe in him, for someone to believe that he's more than a thirteen-year-old junkie. Told from the perspectives of the people in his life-including his mother, stepfather, te
Who reads A Hero Ain't Nothing but a Sandwich?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Alice Childress
- Publisher
- Puffin Books
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780881032543
- Category
- ya fiction
- Subjects
- Children'S, Fiction, Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse
- Rating
- 3.67 / 5 (456 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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