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Format:
Book
Title:
Unbroken : an Olympian's journey from airman to castaway to captive
ISBN:
9780385742511

9780375990625
Edition:
First edition.
Publication:
New York : Delacorte Press, [2014]
Physical Description:
307 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
General Note:
"Adapted for young adults."

Original version published: New York : Random House, ©2010.

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.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader 6.4.
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