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A young adult edition of the bestseller by Laura Hillenbrand documents the story of how Louis Zamperini, a juvenile delinquent-turned-Olympic athlete and World War II pilot, crashed into the ocean and survived for weeks on a life raft only to become a prisoner of war. An appended interview with Louis Zamperini explores issues of survival and heroism. Prisoners of war. World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons. Long-distance runners. Olympic athletes. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations. Lexile 850 IL 8-12. | |