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Age Range
12 - 14
Genre
narrative nonfiction
Copyright Year
2014-01-01
Page Count
528
Publisher
Random House
Grade Level
7th - 9th
ISBN
9780812974492
Themes
sports
world war ii
survival

Unbroken: A World War II Story Of Survival, Resilience, And Redemption

Written by Laura Hillenbrand
In boyhood, Louis Zamperini was an incorrigible delinquent. As a teenager, he channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics. But when World War II began, the athlete became an airman, embarking on a journey that led to a doomed flight on a May afternoon in 1943. When his Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean, against all odds, Zamperini survived, adrift on a foundering life raft.
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Age Range
12 - 14
Genre
narrative nonfiction
Copyright Year
2014-01-01
Page Count
528
Publisher
Random House
Grade Level
7th - 9th
ISBN
9780812974492
Themes
sports
world war ii
survival
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