| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
307 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
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Young adult book |
| Note |
"Adapted for young adults." |
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Based on the author's Unbroken: a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption, published in 2010 by Random House. |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
The one-boy insurgency -- Run like mad -- The Torrance tornado -- Plundering Germany -- The red circle -- The flying coffin -- "This is it, boys" -- Dying in droves -- Five hundred and ninety-four holes -- "The whole island was blowing up" -- "Nobody's going to live through this" -- Downed -- Missing at sea -- Thirst -- Sharks and bullets -- Singing in the clouds -- Typhoon -- A dead body breathing -- "No one knows you're alive" -- Farting for Hirohito -- Belief -- Plots afoot -- Monster -- Hunted -- "He's alive!" -- Madness -- Falling down -- Enslaved -- Two hundred and twenty punches -- The boiling city -- The naked stampede -- Cascades of pink peaches -- Mother's Day -- The shimmering girl -- Coming undone -- The body on the mountain -- Twisted ropes -- The promise -- Daybreak. |
| Summary |
"On a May afternoon in 1943, an American military plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane's bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary sagas of the Second World War. The lieutenant's name was Louis Zamperini."--Jacket. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader 6.4. |
| Subject |
Zamperini, Louis, 1917-2014 -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Juvenile literature.
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Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American -- Juvenile literature.
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Long-distance runners -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Olympic athletes -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Zamperini, Louis, 1917-2014. (OCoLC)fst01754808
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| Genre/Form |
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780385742511 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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0385742517 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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9780375990625 (library binding ; alk. paper) |
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0375990623 (library binding ; alk. paper) |
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