Laura Hillenbrand
Author
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
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Description
A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.
Author
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.
4) Unbroken
Author
Publisher
Random House, Inc
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In 1943, while World War II raged on in the Pacific Theater, Lieutenant Louis Zamperini survived a deadly plane crash in the middle of the ocean. Zamperini had a troubled youth, yet honed his athletic skills and made it all the way to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. However, what lay before him was a physical gauntlet unlike anything he had encountered before: thousands of miles of open ocean, a small raft, and no food or water.
"...a spellbinding celebration...
5) Unbroken
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Dramatization of the life of Louis Zamperini, 5000-meter runner at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. After his bomber crashed in the Pacific in 1943, he survived 47 days adrift in a small boat before being arrested by the Japanese and held in prisoner-of-war camps until the end of the war in 1945.