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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL, recounts his life and military experiences, discusses his record for the most career sniper kills in United States military history and the bounty placed on his head by Iraqi insurgents, provides an eye-witness account of war in Iraq, shares the strains of war on his marriage and family, and honors his fellow soldiers.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
310 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Documents the two-day firefight in Sadr City that began the Iraqi insurgency, during which eight 1st Cavalry Division soldiers were killed and numerous others wounded, an engagement that was vigilantly monitored by their loved ones back home.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
viii, 207 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In a collaboration between Private First Class Jessica Lynch and a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, the young soldier tells of her life in Palestine, West Virginia and recounts the details of her capture, imprisonment, and dramatic rescue during the Iraq War.