Purple Heart
(Book)

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Author
McCormick, Patricia, 1956-
Published
New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, c2009.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780061730917, 0061730912, 9780061730900, 0061730904
Physical Desc
198 pages ; 22 cm
Lexile measure
760L
Rating
760L
Status
Available from Another Library
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Published
New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, c2009.
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
ISBN
9780061730917, 0061730912, 9780061730900, 0061730904
Lexile measure
760

Notes

General Note
A Junior Library Guild selection.
Description
While recuperating in a Baghdad hospital from a traumatic brain injury sustained during the Iraq War, eighteen-year-old soldier Matt Duffy struggles to recall what happened to him and how it relates to his ten-year-old friend, Ali.
Target Audience
760L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,5.1,6,131874.

Subjects

LC Subjects
Brain damage -- Juvenile fiction.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Juvenile fiction.
Medical fiction.
Memory -- Juvenile fiction.
Novels.
Soldiers -- Juvenile fiction.
Street children -- Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Other Subjects
Brain damage -- Fiction.
Hospitals -- Fiction.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Fiction.
Memory -- Fiction.
Soldiers -- Fiction.
Street children -- Fiction.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

McCormick, P. (2009). Purple Heart . Balzer + Bray.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

McCormick, Patricia, 1956-. 2009. Purple Heart. New York, NY: Balzer + Bray.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

McCormick, Patricia, 1956-. Purple Heart New York, NY: Balzer + Bray, 2009.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

McCormick, Patricia. Purple Heart Balzer + Bray, 2009.

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