I read Make Me A Hero, by Jerome Brooks. The main characters in the book were Jake Ackerman and Harry Katz. Jack is sort of a follower and Harry has his own personality. He is daring and confident in himself. The story took place in San Francisco. It was 1941, during the World War II days. The plot of the book is having Jake's brothers go off to the war and leave him at home with his family. During that time, Jake gets bossed around by the "gruesome threesome"-bullies. The conflict gets resolved by a little fighting, and eventually it sort of played itself out. The Bar Mitzvah gets postponed when Jake comes down with pneumonia. When he gets over it they have the Bar Mitzva. On a scale of 1 to ten, I rate this book a six. It didn't get to the point quickly, had confusing parts, and was just boring. Similiar books I have read are the Harry Potter books. In those books Harry is singled out and bullied, just like Jake in this book. The message in life in this book is to tell people that there is too much discrimination. The lesson to be learned is to treat everyone fairly. This book was considered multicultural because it had two cultures going at it in a fight.