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

"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 st...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hillenbrand, Laura
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Delacorte Press, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
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 literature.
Biographies.
Juvenile works.
Zamperini, Louis, > 1917-2014.
Table of 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.