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Published
2025
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Subgenre
Contemporary
Words
38,120
Section
Middle Grade

The Trouble with Heroes

Finn Connelly, still grieving his firefighter father who died two years ago, is caught on camera knocking over a headstone. To avoid charges, he agrees to climb all forty-six Adirondack High Peaks in one summer, bringing along the dead woman's dog.

  • NCTE Notable Verse Novel 2026
  • Charlotte Huck Honor 2026
  • ALSC Notable Children's Book 2026