ADAM is 16 years old and lives on an apple farm. He has a big family, lots of friends, and is normal in every way. Except one. JIMMY is 15 and new in town. He lives with his father, has no friends, and no memory of the tragedy that killed his mother. KIP is a 7-year-old boy who lives in secret with his brother. Nobody knows he’s there. But now his brother has disappeared VALERIE is a shy girl who is used to being mocked and bullied by the mean girls. And now they have played the meanest trick yet. Jimmy, Kip, and Valerie have one thing in common—they meet Adam, and their lives are changed forever. For as long as he can remember, Adam has been haunted by dreams that leave him exhausted ad confused. When the memory of a long-forgotten experience comes back to him, tying him to a boy named Jamie and his perilous escape from fire, Adam’s reaction is dramatic and immediate. He faints. Adam learns that what he thought were dreams are actual experiences, and that he people he dreamed about are real people. An adventure story told with humor and heart, HERO MAKER is a tale of courage, friendship, decency, and the true meaning being a hero.