A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich
- A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich
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name = A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich
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author = Alice Childress
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Young adult
publisher = Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
pub_date = 1973
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media_type = Print (Hardcover)
pages = 126 pp
isbn = ISBN 0698202783
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"A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich" is a 1973 young adult novel by Alice Childress.
The main character, Benjie Johnson, is a thirteen-year-old heroin addict. The chapters are told in alternating points of view by Benjie and those close to him, including friends, a drug dealer, his mother, his stepfather, his grandmother, and teachers. It was the first young adult novel to tackle the issue of heroin addiction.
Awards and nominations
It won the ALA Best Young Adult Book of 1975, the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, and the Jane Addams Award for a young adult novel.
Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
It was adapted into a film in 1978.
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