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Spearhead : an American tank gunner, his enemy, and a collision of lives in World War II : adapted for young adults / Adam Makos.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Delacorte Press, [2022]Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 337 p. : ill., map ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780593303450
Other title:
  • American tank gunner, his enemy, and a collision of lives in World War II
Uniform titles:
  • Spearhead (Young adult adaptation)
Related works:
  • Adaptation of: Makos, Adam. Spearhead
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: SpearheadDDC classification:
  • 940.54/1273/092 23
LOC classification:
  • D769.3055 32nd .M344 2022
Contents:
The gentle giant -- Baptism -- "Bubi" -- The fields -- The foray -- Beyond the wall -- The fourth tank -- Hope -- Something bigger -- America's tiger -- Two miles -- Hunting -- The fire department of the west -- Going first -- Victory or Siberia -- The monster -- The conquerors -- The breakout -- The American blitz -- The fatherless -- Family -- Come out and fight -- The giant -- Getting home -- The last battle.
Summary: "Clarence Smoyer began the war as a gentle giant, a factory worker from Pennsylvania coal country reluctant to unleash the power of the Sherman tank he crewed. But as his tank platoon fought its way from Normandy to the Rhine and beyond, and he watched his friends cut down one by one, he learned to kill with deadly accuracy and efficiency. His fight would climax in Cologne, in the shadow of the great cathedral, where he took a shot immortalized by a chance photograph--and where he would later forge a friendship with the German tanker he tragically dueled soon after"--Provided by publisher.Other editions: Adaptation of:: Makos, Adam, author. Spearhead
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Beverly Middle School 940.54 MAK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 706126

"This work is based on Spearhead: An American tank gunner, his enemy, and a collision of lives in World War II, copyright � 2019 by Adam Makos. Published in hardcover by Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, in 2019"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The gentle giant -- Baptism -- "Bubi" -- The fields -- The foray -- Beyond the wall -- The fourth tank -- Hope -- Something bigger -- America's tiger -- Two miles -- Hunting -- The fire department of the west -- Going first -- Victory or Siberia -- The monster -- The conquerors -- The breakout -- The American blitz -- The fatherless -- Family -- Come out and fight -- The giant -- Getting home -- The last battle.

School Library Journal, April 2022

Booklist starred, February 2022

Kirkus Review, December 2021

"Clarence Smoyer began the war as a gentle giant, a factory worker from Pennsylvania coal country reluctant to unleash the power of the Sherman tank he crewed. But as his tank platoon fought its way from Normandy to the Rhine and beyond, and he watched his friends cut down one by one, he learned to kill with deadly accuracy and efficiency. His fight would climax in Cologne, in the shadow of the great cathedral, where he took a shot immortalized by a chance photograph--and where he would later forge a friendship with the German tanker he tragically dueled soon after"--Provided by publisher.

Young Adult Follett School Solutions.