"The war tried to kill us in the spring." So begins this powerful account of friendship and loss.
In Al Tafar, Iraq, twenty-one-year old Private Bartle and eighteen-year-old Private Murphy cling to life as their platoon launches a bloody battle for the city. Bound together since basic training when Bartle makes a promise to bring Murphy safely home, the two have been dropped into a war neither is prepared for.
In the endless days that follow, the two young soldiers do everything to protect each other from the forces that press in on every side: the insurgents, physical fatigue, and the mental stress that comes from constant danger. As reality begins to blur into a hazy nightmare, Murphy becomes increasingly unmoored from the world around him and Bartle takes actions he could never have imagined.
With profound emotional insight, especially into the effects of a hidden war on mothers and families at home, The Yellow Birds is a groundbreaking novel that is destined to become a classic.
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Release date
September 11, 2012 -
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Kindle Book
- ISBN: 9780316252225
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9780316219358
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9780316219358
- File size: 2210 KB
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- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 6.5
- Lexile® Measure: 1010
- Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
- Text Difficulty: 5-8
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