![]() ![]() His very survival depended on his eroding resolve. Pushed to the limit of his considerable endurance, he met desperation with resourcefulness, brutality with defiance, hardship with brave determination. Zamperini faced starvation, thirst, enemy aircraft and jumping sharks. With the arrival of World War II, he became a pilot and began the journey that would lead him to his ill-fated flight and set him adrift at sea on a tiny life raft. When he harnessed his energy into running, he discovered a dormant talent that took him all the way to the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. ![]() As a boy, he had been a crafty and unapologetic hooligan, burglarizing houses, and leaving home to ride the rails. One of the most remarkable journeys of World War II was about to begin. It was the plane's bombardier, a young lieutenant, struggling to pull himself aboard a life raft. "This fine adaptation ably brings an inspiring tale to young readers.On a spring afternoon in 1943, a US Army Air Forces bomber crash landed and disappeared into the Pacific Ocean, leaving only fragments of the plane visible on the surface, along with gasoline, oil and blood. "This captivating book emphasizes the importance of determination, the will to survive against impossible odds, and support from family and friends. "This adaptation of Hillenbrand's adult bestseller is highly dramatic and exciting, as well as painful to read as it lays bare man's hellish inhumanity to man."- Booklist, STARRED His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would hang on the fraying wire of his will.įeaturing more than one hundred photographs plus an exclusive interview with Zamperini, this breathtaking odyssey-also captured on film by director Angelina Jolie-is a testament to the strength of the human spirit and the ability to endure against the unlikeliest of odds. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would respond to desperation with ingenuity, suffering with hope and humor, brutality with rebellion. But when war came, the athlete became an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown.Īhead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a sinking raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a supreme talent that carried him to the Berlin Olympics. As a boy, he had been a clever delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and stealing. The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini. So began one of the most extraordinary sagas of the Second World War. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. ![]() ![]() Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. On a May afternoon in 1943, an American military plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. This adaptation of Unbroken introduces a new generation to one of history's most thrilling survival epics. In this captivating and lavishly illustrated young adult edition of her award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller, Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of a former Olympian's courage, cunning, and fortitude following his plane crash in enemy territory. ![]()
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