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

BTSB Prebound(Delacorte Press, 2014)

BTSB #: 445353 Temp OS

Dewey: 940.54/BAges: 12-16   
AR: 6.4 UG RC: 8.6 9-12 Lexile: 850

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Subjects: Zamperini, Louis,|d1917-2014 World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons - Japan Prisoners of war - United States - Biography Prisoners of war - Japan - Biography World War, 1939-1945 - American aerial operations Long-distance runners - United States - Biography Olympic athletes - United States - Biography

Summary: An Olympian becomes an airman when World War II breaks out. When his plane crashes in the Pacific, he begins a journey driving him to the limits of endurance where he responds to desperation with ingenuity, to suffering with hope and humor, to brutality with rebellion.