Download or read book When Heroes Die written by Penny Raife Durant and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1992 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devastated to discover that Uncle Rob, his hero, is dying of AIDS, twelve-year-old Gary, in need of advice and guidance in his life, finds that it is Uncle Rob himself who gives him strength to face the future.