Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
When Private Matt Duffy wakes up in an army hospital in Iraq, he's honored with a Purple Heart. But he doesn't feel like a hero.There's a memory that haunts him: an image of a young Iraqi boy as a bullet hits his chest. A little boy who'd been Matt's friend. And Matt can't shake the feeling that he was somehow involved in his death. But because of a head injury he sustained just moments after the boy was shot, Matt can't quite put all the pieces together.Eventually Matt is sent back into combat with his squad—Justin, Wolf, and Charlene—the soldiers who have become his family during his time in Iraq. He's counting on his buddies to help find out the truth. But in combat, there is no black and white, and Matt soon discovers that the notion of who is guilty is very complicated indeed.National Book Award Finalist Patricia McCormick has written a visceral and compelling portrait of life in a war zone, where loyalty is valued above all, and death is terrifyingly commonplace.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
![Loading indicator](/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif)
Previews available in: English
Subjects
Street children, Juvenile fiction, Brain damage, Fiction, Memory, Soldiers, Iraq War, 2003-2011, Hospitals, Iraq War, 2003-, Medical fiction, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, New York Times reviewed, Children's fiction, Iraq war, 2003-2011, fiction, Soldiers, fiction, Hospitals, fiction, Middle east, fiction, War, fictionShowing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1 |
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
2 |
eeee
|
3 |
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
ID Numbers
Links outside Open Library
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?History
- Created March 30, 2012
- 5 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
November 13, 2022 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
December 26, 2021 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
March 30, 2012 | Edited by Scott Millar | Edited without comment. |
March 30, 2012 | Edited by Scott Millar | Added new cover |
March 30, 2012 | Created by Scott Millar | Added new book. |