The Invisible Hero

Overview

From award-winning author Elizabeth Fensham comes a book with heart for the hero in us all. Philip has spent his whole life at school either being invisible or being called stupid. He’s used to being the loner, the odd one out, the boy who lives with his nan. So when Philip’s class is given a school assignment to write about heroes and villains, the project causes conflict in the classroom as everyone weighs in on the debate. For the first time, Philip has the opportunity to shine in school - but can he convince the class that being different is not necessarily a bad thing and that heroes have many disguises?

Author Biography

Elizabeth Fensham lives in Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges, where she is Head of English at a local school. She is married to an artist and has two adult sons. Fensham has been writing in earnest for the last twenty years. Her first novel, The Helicopter Man, won the CBCA Book of the Year for Younger Readers in 2006. Previous young adult novels include Miss McAllister’s Ghost and Goodbye Jamie Boyd. Elizabeth’s younger reader, Matty Forever, was shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year for Younger Readers in 2009. The companion, Bill Rules, was published in 2010 and was shortlisted for the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards in 2011.