Unbroken : an Olympian's journey from airman to castaway to captive / Laura Hillenbrand

By: Hillenbrand, Laura [author]Material type: TextTextEdition: First editionDescription: 307 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cmISBN: 9780385742511; 0385742517; 9780375990625; 0375990623; 9780307975652; 0307975657Subject(s): Zamperini, Louis, 1917-2014 -- Juvenile literature | World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Juvenile literature | Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American -- Juvenile literature | Long-distance runners -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Olympic athletes -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureGenre/Form: Juvenile works. | Biographies. DDC classification: 940.54/7252092 | B LOC classification: D805.J3 | Z365 2014
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
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"Adapted for young adults."

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

Includes index

Includes bibliographical references and index

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

"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

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