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Purple Heart / by Patricia McCormick. |
| Authors: | McCormick, Patricia, 1956- |
| Call number: | TEEN FIC MCC |
| Publisher: | New York : Balzer + Bray, c2009. |
| Publication date: | c2009. |
| Subject: |
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Fiction
Soldiers -- Fiction. Brain damage -- Fiction. Hospitals -- Fiction. Memory -- Fiction. Street children -- Fiction. Teen literature. |
| Title: | Purple Heart / by Patricia McCormick. |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Physical description: | 198 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Target audience note: | Grades 7 up. |
| Summary note: | 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. |
| Awards note: | A Junior Library Guild selection |
| ISBN: | 9780061730917 (reinforced) : 0061730912 (reinforced) : 9780061730900 (trade bdg.) 0061730904 (trade bdg.) 9780061730924 |
| LCCN: | 2009001757 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1215625 |
| Bib No.: | 1215625 |
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| Location | Collection | Call No. | Status |
| Central Library | Fiction, Teen - Non-Floating | TEEN FIC MCC | Checked In |
| Lawrence Library | Fiction, Teen | TEEN FIC MCC | Checked out |
| Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School | Fiction, Adult - Non-Floating | FIC MCC | Checked In |
| Christel House Academy | Fiction, Children's - Non-Floating | TEEN FIC MCC | Checked In |
| Decatur Central H. S. Media Center | Fiction, Adult - Non-Floating | FIC MCC | Checked In |