Book Review
Audio book: “The Purple Heart”
Summary: There is a boy named Matt. He woke up in a hospital. A doctor came to him and told him that he had a TBI: traumatic brain injury. He does not remember any details from his past. He gets a visit from a Lieutenant General of the United States Army. He gives Matt a wooden box. In the box is a Purple Heart. He received this honor because of wounds sustained in battle. A Chaplin, blessing the sick, explained to Matt that his TBI couldn’t be that bad or he would have been sent to a bigger hospital in Germany. He learned from a nurse that he was in the green zone in Baghdad, Iraq. Justin is Matt’s best friend. They are in a military squad together. Justin comes to the hospital to check on Matt and …show more content…
He explains it very dramatically. Justin says that the wall by Matt got hit by an RPG (rocket propelled grenade) and the blast knocked him out. A different nurse came and said that to release a statement about the incident she needed a phone call. He called his mother as told her in a really downgraded story. His mother is really overprotective of him and kept asking Matt if he was alright. He explained that his injury wasn’t that bad. Matt’s favorite Iraqi kid was really good at soccer. His name was Alli. When he first met him Alli stole his sunglasses. He had to get them back by chasing He tries to walk but only makes it off the bed. He tries again and makes it all the way to the second cot over and meets a new guy. The guy asks him about how he got in the hospital. The guy’s name was Frances. The same nurse who offered Matt the phone call has the job of helping Matt’s brain recover. The nurse said that he couldn’t go into the field until he can process information quickly. If he needed extensive help he would have to go to Germany. His girlfriends name is Caroline. He has a picture of her in his helmet and one in his bag. Out in the field A kid named Allie is always hanging around the squad when they …show more content…
Author: Patricia McCormick won many awards including: “American Library Association Top Ten Quick Pick 2000, Children's Literature Council's Choice 2000, Teen People Book-of-the-Month selection 2000, New York Public Library Best Books for the Teenage 2000, American Library Association Best Book of the Year 2002, New York Public Library Best Books for the Teenage, American Library Association Top Ten List Best Books of the Year 2006, Booklist 2006 Editor's Choice Award, Book Sense Pick Winter 2006, Chicago Public Library Best of the Best List 2006, Chicago Tribune Best of the Year 2006*National Book Award Finalist 2006, National Public Radio's Best Books of the Year 2006, New York Public Library Best Books for the Teenage 2006, Publishers Weekly Best 100 Books of 2006, ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2007, Booklist Top Ten Women's History Books for Youth 2007, Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2007, Gustav-Heinemann Peace Prize 2008, IndieBound Pick Autumn 2009, Publishers Weekly, Best 25 Books of 2009, National Book Award (Young People's Literature) finalist Never Fall Down, and New York Times Notable.”
Audio book: “The Purple Heart”
Summary: There is a boy named Matt. He woke up in a hospital. A doctor came to him and told him that he had a TBI: traumatic brain injury. He does not remember any details from his past. He gets a visit from a Lieutenant General of the United States Army. He gives Matt a wooden box. In the box is a Purple Heart. He received this honor because of wounds sustained in battle. A Chaplin, blessing the sick, explained to Matt that his TBI couldn’t be that bad or he would have been sent to a bigger hospital in Germany. He learned from a nurse that he was in the green zone in Baghdad, Iraq. Justin is Matt’s best friend. They are in a military squad together. Justin comes to the hospital to check on Matt and …show more content…
He explains it very dramatically. Justin says that the wall by Matt got hit by an RPG (rocket propelled grenade) and the blast knocked him out. A different nurse came and said that to release a statement about the incident she needed a phone call. He called his mother as told her in a really downgraded story. His mother is really overprotective of him and kept asking Matt if he was alright. He explained that his injury wasn’t that bad. Matt’s favorite Iraqi kid was really good at soccer. His name was Alli. When he first met him Alli stole his sunglasses. He had to get them back by chasing He tries to walk but only makes it off the bed. He tries again and makes it all the way to the second cot over and meets a new guy. The guy asks him about how he got in the hospital. The guy’s name was Frances. The same nurse who offered Matt the phone call has the job of helping Matt’s brain recover. The nurse said that he couldn’t go into the field until he can process information quickly. If he needed extensive help he would have to go to Germany. His girlfriends name is Caroline. He has a picture of her in his helmet and one in his bag. Out in the field A kid named Allie is always hanging around the squad when they …show more content…
Author: Patricia McCormick won many awards including: “American Library Association Top Ten Quick Pick 2000, Children's Literature Council's Choice 2000, Teen People Book-of-the-Month selection 2000, New York Public Library Best Books for the Teenage 2000, American Library Association Best Book of the Year 2002, New York Public Library Best Books for the Teenage, American Library Association Top Ten List Best Books of the Year 2006, Booklist 2006 Editor's Choice Award, Book Sense Pick Winter 2006, Chicago Public Library Best of the Best List 2006, Chicago Tribune Best of the Year 2006*National Book Award Finalist 2006, National Public Radio's Best Books of the Year 2006, New York Public Library Best Books for the Teenage 2006, Publishers Weekly Best 100 Books of 2006, ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2007, Booklist Top Ten Women's History Books for Youth 2007, Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2007, Gustav-Heinemann Peace Prize 2008, IndieBound Pick Autumn 2009, Publishers Weekly, Best 25 Books of 2009, National Book Award (Young People's Literature) finalist Never Fall Down, and New York Times Notable.”