This is an inspiring story about a young man named Donovan who struggles with math and in the end learns what it truly means to be a hero. Donovan's uncle Vic comes back from the war as a paraplegic, because of his age he doesn't fully understand why it happened and why his uncle had to be so different from the time before he left for the war. This is a great novel to help children understand people with disabilities and how they should be treated.