Recommended Age:
18
+
Best for mature adult readers who engage with narrative biography that deals unflinchingly with extreme survival, military violence, and post-war psychological recovery.
About the Book
The true story of an Olympic runner and World War II airman who survived a plane crash in the Pacific, forty-seven days adrift on a raft, and two years in Japanese prisoner of war camps.
Content Ratings
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Intense Themes
Sustained portrayal of physical and psychological torture, post-traumatic stress, and the long road to recovery after extreme wartime trauma.
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High Violence
Sustained depictions of torture, starvation, and systematic abuse in a Japanese POW camp described with significant physical detail.
Engagement:
Genre:
Biographies
Published:
2010
Page Count:
473
