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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCormick, Patricia, 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, [2009]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Juvenile fiction.
Soldiers > Juvenile fiction.
Brain damage > Juvenile fiction.
Medical fiction.
Memory > Juvenile fiction.
Street children > Juvenile fiction.
Iraq War, 2003- > Fiction.
Soldiers > Fiction.
Brain damage > Fiction.
Hospitals > Fiction.
Memory > Fiction.
Street children > Fiction.
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:198 pages ; 22 cm.
Audience:Grades 7 up.
Awards:A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN:9780061730917 (reinforced) :
0061730912 (reinforced) :
9780061730900 (trade bdg.)
0061730904 (trade bdg.)