Purple Heart, Patricia McCormick
Purple Heart, Patricia McCormick
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Purple Heart

Author: Patricia McCormick

Narrator: Adam Verner

Unabridged: 4 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 02/17/2015

Synopsis

When Private Matt Duffy wakes up in an army hospital in Iraq, he's honored with a Purple Heart. But he doesn't feel like a hero.There's a memory that haunts him: an image of a young Iraqi boy as a bullet hits his chest. Matt can't shake the feeling that he was somehow involved in his death. But because of a head injury he sustained just moments after the boy was shot, Matt can't quite put all the pieces together.Eventually Matt is sent back into combat with his squad—Justin, Wolf, and Charlene—the soldiers who have become his family during his time in Iraq. He just wants to go back to being the soldier he once was. But he sees potential threats everywhere and lives in fear of not being able to pull the trigger when the time comes. In combat there is no black-and-white, and Matt soon discovers that the notion of who is guilty is very complicated indeed.National Book Award Finalist Patricia McCormick has written a visceral and compelling portrait of life in a war zone, where loyalty is valued above all, and death is terrifyingly commonplace.

About Patricia McCormick

Patricia McCormick is a former journalist and a two-time National Book Award finalist whose books include Cut, Sold, Never Fall Down, The Plot to Kill Hitler, the young readers edition of I Am Malala, and the award-winning picture book Sergeant Reckless: The True Story of the Little Horse Who Became a Hero. Patricia lives in New York. Visit her online at pattymccormick.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne on April 27, 2011

Matt can’t remember. Not how he arrived in the army hospital. Or what year it is. Or who won the world series. Though he misses his unit. He knows he’s in Iraq. He knows he wants to get back to Wolf and Justin and Charlene. He knows he’s a soldier. But he doesn’t know why the army’s giving him a purpl......more

Goodreads review by Austyn on May 07, 2018

Title: Purple Heart (Realistic ¨Fiction¨) Author: Patricia McCormick This is a suspenseful psychological thriller, 18 year old Matt Duffy, a private with memory problems, with a traumatic brain injury. He, receives the Purple Heart in Iraq. Strong characters all throughout the book with very strong ch......more

Goodreads review by Halei on November 28, 2010

From an adults perspective the story is weak in most parts, but it's not fair to be too critical of a YA novel, especially one that does give them some perspective of this war. Children who are turning 18 and eligible to join the military were 9 when this this political situation began. I work as a......more

Goodreads review by Celia on September 06, 2018

Purple Heart is about Matt Duffy, an eighteen year old soldier in the Iraq war. Injured and in the hospital, Matt can't help thinking that he killed someone, an Iraqi street kid he knew. As he fights to remember the incident while battling a head injury, something just doesn't seem right about the w......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on November 17, 2012

Reviewed by Sally Kruger aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com Going to war wasn't a first choice for Matt Duffy, but it seemed like the most sensible. He hadn't done that great in school, so college for him didn't really make sense. On the other hand, his little sister was a good student, and join......more

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