We Can Be Heroes
Cover Art: Samantha Mash
Content Warnings: gun violence, domestic violence, murder, suicide, school shooting, and mentions of statutory rape, alcoholism, and child neglect.
Chicago Review of Books Interview: Claiming the Title in “We Can Be Heroes” with Jen St. Jude
SLJ’s Teen Librarian Toolbox Guest Post: Holding out for a Hero: Why I used Greek Mythology to write about modern gender violence
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Beck and Vivian can’t stand each other, but they do their best for their mutual friend, Cassie. When Cassie is killed, Beck and Vivian team up for revenge. But they’re keeping secrets, like the third person riding around town with them: Cassie’s ghost. The three of them one only mostly dead, face off with grief, love, and the currency of vengeance in a world that tells girls they shouldn’t be angry.
We can be angry.
We can be vengeful.
We Can Be Heroes.
Praise for We Can Be Heroes
“A heartbreaking, intelligent exploration of an all-too-real menace.”— Kirkus Reviews
"Powerful and unflinching, We Can Be Heroes is as fierce as the girls it portrays--and as unforgettable." -- Marieke Nijkamp, New York Times bestselling author of This Is Where It Ends
“McCauley has penned a lyrically gorgeous and hauntingly beautiful story about love, loss, and the power of standing together to deliver justice.” -- Kim Johnson, author of This Is My America
“We Can Be Heroes is a vivid, striking novel about all-too-common violence in America, and the ways it shapes lives in a small town. Vivian, Beck, and Cassie’s grief, rage, tenacity and vengeance give us the strength to fight back against the gun violence and violence against women that we as society have come to see as unstoppable and inevitable. May this book be an awakening for many, and a call to action for all of us.” -- Katherine Locke, award-winning author of The Girl with the Red Balloon
