Website By Tom McGill, assisted by, Scott Watson

'We Can Be Heroes’ is a novel written by Catherine Bruton. It is a comedy thriller that will leave you on the edge of your seat. The story is basically about a boy named Ben who has had a past of seriously unlucky events: his dad died in the 9/11 attacks and his mum has become drastically ill and stressed. But, when living in residence of his grandparents, he becomes strongly connected with the Muslim family next door, especially their youngest Priti. He learns to overcome his fear of delving into the past of his father, along with the help of Priti of course, but as well as that an Islamaphobic uncle of Ben's suddenly appears out of the blue, and causes dramatic friction between the close neighbours of Ben's grandparents. Suspicions rise about a familiar suicide bomber, honour killings are quickly planned and a young and oblivious child disappears out thin air causing religious uproar and ferocious riots all across Birmingham!

It has a very good structure with a little comic strip at the end (No Spoilers!) Instead of chapters, it is structured like a diary, with days as the title. Each day something new happens which makes the book an interesting read.

I really like this book because it had me hooked for hours and has made it onto my top 10 list of books. I would definitely recommend this book to my friends and family as you can develop a real understanding of the main characters. I give this book a 9.5/10 rating.

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