The Labors of Hercules BealFrom award winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday Wars, in which a seventh grader has to figure out how to fulfill an assignment to perform the Twelve Labors of Hercules in real lifeand makes discoveries about friendship, community, and himself along the way. Herc Beal knows who he's named aftera mythical herobut he's no superhero. He's the smallest kid in his class. So when his homeroom teacher at his