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| Author | Alice Childress |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Young adult |
| Publisher | Coward, McCann & Geoghegan |
Publication date | 1973 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 126 pp |
| ISBN | 0-698-20278-3 |
| OCLC | 797036 |
| LC Class | PZ7.C4412 He |
A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich is a 1973 young adult novel by American author Alice Childress. Set in the American ghettos of Harlem, the novel tells the story of a teenage boy who struggles with the abandonment instilled by his biological father. In order to feel wanted and a sense of euphoria in his dysfunctional life, he turns to drugs, becoming a product of his environment.