How to Be a Hero: The Expendable Skylar

Skylar wants to be a superhero. He wants the super powers that all the norms of science say are impossible but he knows it's a pipe-dream. But becoming a hero, Skylar finds, can often happen through a set of circumstances which present opportunities.With a gang of tough bullies at work in school, Skylar finds that protecting the nerds and 'weird' kids from them is a full time job. And as he gathers more and more of the school's outcasts to him, from 'Weenie William' to 'Rattail Rickey', Skylar comes to realize that his very own superpower lies inside him.How to be a Hero: The Expendable Skylar is a marvelously inspiring story of what it takes to be a real hero in life. It draws on life issues that most teens experience and has a simple, yet effective message at the end, which we can all draw something from.