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When Private Matt Duffy wakes up in an army hospital in Iraq, he's honored with a Purple Heart. But he doesn't feel like a hero.There's a memory that haunts him: an image of a young Iraqi boy as a bullet hits his chest. A little boy who'd been Matt's friend. And Matt can't shake the feeling that he was somehow involved in his death. But because of a head injury he sustained just moments after the boy was shot, Matt can't quite put all the pieces together.Eventually Matt is sent back into combat with his squad—Justin, Wolf, and Charlene—the soldiers who have become his family during his time…
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10 editions- Audiobook · English · 2015Harpercollins · 1 pages · 9781481533232
- Ebook · English · 2009HarperCollins · 9780061948763
- Other · English · 2011Harper Collins · 9780061730924
- Other · English · 2009HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061948787
- Other · English · 2009HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061948817
- Other · English · 2009HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061948794
Street childrenJuvenile fictionBrain damageFictionMemorySoldiersIraq War, 2003-2011Hospitals











