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McCormick, Patricia

Purple Heart

202 pp. | HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray | September, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-173090-0 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-06-173091-7 $17.89
(2) YA A Baghdad firefight leaves Private Matt Duffy injured and two Iraqi civilians dead. Since Matt sustained a traumatic brain injury, what happened is a mystery. McCormick takes readers inside Matt's damaged mind as he tries to process the details. Did he pull the trigger? Is he a child killer? As with all the questions in this hard-hitting novel, the answers are complex and heartbreaking.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2009

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