Author: Laura Hillenbrand
Rating: 5/5 Stars
Reviewer: Sue
Summary: This Young Adult Adaptation of the adult version of Unbroken
tells the spell-binding story of Louis Zamperini. It follows Louis from a boy
until he comes back from Japan, where he was held as a POW. With fascinating detail the book tells how
Louis handled and survived many different stages of his life: a life that was
heading down a path of crime, being on the 1936 Olympics team, joining the U.S.
Air Force and then being shot down over the Pacific Ocean, starvation and
sharks, being held as a POW for many years, and then finally coming home and
dealing with post traumatic syndrome (before they had identified it as an
actual syndrome).
Review: This is an excellent adaption of the adult version of
Unbroken. While it still depicts the
cruelty of war, it does not go into as much detail. Personally, I was not sure that I could read
the detailed account of what this man had gone through while he was a castaway,
or while he was a POW, but this version gave me enough insight to definitely
get the feeling of the horrors he was living, without actually spelling it
out.
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