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Hillenbrand, Laura

Unbroken: An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive

292 pp. | Delacorte | November, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-385-74251-1 $19.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-375-99062-5 $22.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-307-97565-2
(2) YA This adaptation of Hillenbrand's best-selling adult version puts the Louis Zamperini story in teens' hands. Zamperini traded delinquency for adulation, becoming a runner on the 1938 Olympic track team; in WWII he survived a plane crash only to be captured as a POW; after battling alcoholism, he became a Christian crusader. The tension never wavers, creating a humdinger of a page-turner. Ind.
Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2014

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