Hercules: the Diary of a (Sort of) Hero

Tom Vaughan (author), David O'Connell (illustrator)

Paperback Published on: 29/02/2024

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Kalamata!

A fun story with a great message, about how being popular and cool isn’t everything, especially when it means loosing people you care about. Lots of funny ... READ MORE

Beth

Hilarious

This book made me laugh out loud multiple times. It's perfect for fans of Wimpy Kid, Tom Gates and Katie Kirby. The diary format keeps the pace moving and ... READ MORE

Sarah in Wolverhampton

Silly, funny with a great heart

Hercules is happy with his life but maybe he doesn’t realise it. He is going to secondary school with his two best friends and he is obsessed with becoming... READ MORE

Eilish from Rustington

Accessible, warm, funny

Hercules is changing to secondary school, and he starts the term with a plan to make millions of new friends -only it all starts badly and he brings attent... READ MORE

Fleur (Children's bookseller Bath)

Perfect for fans of Wimpy Kid and Loki

Written in a diary format, my 8yr old says it's great. It's easier to digest in diary sized chunks and he likes to read 1 or 2 per night. The only problem ... READ MORE

Krissy

There’s more important things than being cool

Fast paced, fun ride with Hercules through the trials of starting high school. Laugh out loud funny alongside a lesson in the value of true friendship over... READ MORE

Rebecca

Synopsis

If Hercules Braver is going to survive his new secondary school,he has to live up to his name, fast. He needs to become strong and tanned and popular, like a Greek hero. Not weak and pale and unpopular, like a Greek yoghurt.

But his bid for popularity ends up saddling him with a set of impossible tasks... like cleaning out the monster-riddled school pond, facing up to the school bully and finding the headmaster's missing cat.

Then Herc's charming, impressive birth dad turns up after years living in Greece, and Hercules thinks his problems are solved. With God-like strength and awe-inspiring powers, could his dad even
be ... the real Zeus?! And will Hercules learn what it truly means to be a hero?

A hilarious, accessible package brilliantly illustrated by David O'Connell. Ideal for fans of Louie Stowell's Loki, Maz Evans, Marvel's Thor films and Disney's Hercules. Hercules Braver's 'trials' are loosely based on the first three Labours of Hercules, ideal for all young fans of Greek mythology!

Warm-hearted representation of blended families and alternate father figures.

Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 9780702324635
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 190g
Dimensions: 197 x 151 x 19 mm

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Funny diary style tale of Hercules Braver, an uncool kid who wishes to be cool....perhaps he wishes a bit too hard.

Thanks to Kiran at Scholastic for this early copy. Hercules Braver is about to start High School with his friends Hatty and Pav, but they were the uncool... READ MORE

T Lander

Thunder-bolts of fun!

Out February 29th, 'Hercules: The Diary of a (Sort Of) Hero' is thunder-bolts of fun with a cracking message about shattering the myth of the God-like male... READ MORE

Chris Soul UK

Brilliantly funny!

Greek myths are as popular as they ever were, and although my knowledge and understanding of them has increased over the years there was nothing like the r... READ MORE

Jacqui Sydney