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Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2013, c2012
Language
English
Description
This book tells the story of an inspirational journey from tragedy to triumph. In 2003, at age nineteen, the author was on a routine patrol in Iraq when the Humvee he was driving hit an antitank mine, resulting in severe injuries and burns. Out of that tragedy came an improbable journey of inspiration, motivation, and dreams come true. Raised in Louisiana and Arkansas by a single mother from El Salvador, he was well known for his good looks and his...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"This is the true story of two decorated combat veterans linked by tragedy, who come home from the Middle East and find a new way to save their comrades and heal their country. In Charlie Mike, Joe Klein tells the dramatic story of Eric Greitens and JakeWood, larger-than-life war heroes who come home and use their military discipline and values to help others. This is a story that hasn't been told before, one of the most hopeful to emerge from Iraq...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Wounded in Iraq while his Army unit is on convoy and treated for many months for traumatic brain injury, the first person Ben remembers from his earlier life is his autistic brother.