With The Labors of Hercules Beal, Gary Schmidt brings back an old character, Danny Hupfer (first seen as a youth in The Wednesday Wars) to teach a few things to new character Hercules Beal, who lives on the far end of Cape Cod with his older brother, Achilles, after the death of their parents. Just twenty-six days after his retirement from college teaching, I talked to Gary about the labors of both Hercules and himself.
The upcoming General Election is less than a month away, and we’re sharing information from the Clermont County Board of Elections about what’s on the ballot.
Sponsored bouts staged by Ultra White Collar Boxing raised £27million for Cancer Research UK - but it faced pressure to distance itself following the deaths of three fighters