TY  - BOOK
AU  - McCormick,Patricia
TI  - Purple Heart
SN  - 0061730920
AV  - PZ7.M13679 Pur 2009
U1  - [Fic] 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Balzer + Bray
KW  - Iraq War, 2003-2011
KW  - Fiction
KW  - sears
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - Brain
KW  - Wounds and injuries
KW  - Hospitals
KW  - Memory
KW  - Street children
N1  - Wilson's Senior High School, October 2011; Wilson's Junior High School, October 2010; School Library Journal, November 2009; Pub Weekly, August 2009; Booklist, July 2009; New York Times, November 2009; Horn Book, April 2010; Bulletin (Center for Children's books), January 2010; Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2009; Teacher Librarian, April 2010; Young Adult; Follett Library Resources; Accelerated Reader AR; UG; 5.1; 6.0; 131874
N2  - 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
ER  -