McCormick, Patricia, 1956-

Purple Heart / by Patricia McCormick. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, c2009. - 198 p. ; 22 cm.

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.

Grades 7 up.

ISBN: 9780061730917 (reinforced) : $17.89 0061730912 (reinforced) : $17.89 9780061730900 (trade bdg.) 0061730904 (trade bdg.)

LCCN: 2009001757

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Iraq War, 2003-.
Soldiers.
Brain damage.
Medical fiction.
Memory.
Street children.

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]