{"product_id":"the-labors-of-hercules-beal-9780358659631","title":"The Labors of Hercules Beal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of \u003cem\u003eThe Wednesday Wars\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ein which a seventh grader has to figure out how to fulfill a seemingly impossible school assignment--and learns about friendship, community, and himself along the way.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHerc Beal knows who he's named after--a mythical hero--but he's no superhero. He's the smallest kid in his class. So when his homeroom teacher at his new middle school gives him the assignment of duplicating the mythical Hercules's amazing feats in real life, he's skeptical. After all, there are no Nemean Lions on Cape Cod--and not a single Hydra in sight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMissing his parents terribly and wishing his older brother wasn't working all the time, Herc figures out how to take his first steps along the road that the great Hercules himself once walked. Soon, new friends, human and animal, are helping him. And though his mythical role model performed his twelve labors by himself, Herc begins to see that he may not have to go it alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchmidt, Gary D.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGary D. Schmidt\u003c\/strong\u003e is the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Labors of Hercules Beal\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eJust Like That\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eNational Book Award finalist \u003cem\u003eOkay for Now\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem\u003e Pay Attention, Carter Jones\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem\u003e Orbiting Jupiter\u003c\/em\u003e; the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor Book \u003cem\u003eLizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy\u003c\/em\u003e; and the Newbery Honor Book \u003cem\u003eThe Wednesday Wars\u003c\/em\u003e. He is also a contributor to and coeditor, with Leah Henderson, of the acclaimed short story collection \u003cem\u003eA Little Bit Super\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in rural Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clarion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50572035096850,"sku":"9780358659631","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f62a67c7-236a-4dfd-93d8-767b4197dafc.jpg?v=1748519101","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-labors-of-hercules-beal-9780358659631","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}