{"product_id":"purple-heart-9780061730924","title":"Purple Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Private Matt Duffy wakes up in an army hospital in Iraq, he's honored with a Purple Heart. But he doesn't feel like a hero.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's a memory that haunts him: an image of a young Iraqi boy as a bullet hits his chest. Matt can't shake the feeling that he was somehow involved in his death. But because of a head injury he sustained just moments after the boy was shot, Matt can't quite put all the pieces together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEventually Matt is sent back into combat with his squad--Justin, Wolf, and Charlene--the soldiers who have become his family during his time in Iraq. He just wants to go back to being the soldier he once was. But he sees potential threats everywhere and lives in fear of not being able to pull the trigger when the time comes. In combat there is no black-and-white, and Matt soon discovers that the notion of who is guilty is very complicated indeed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNational Book Award Finalist Patricia McCormick has written a visceral and compelling portrait of life in a war zone, where loyalty is valued above all, and death is terrifyingly commonplace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcCormick, Patricia:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003ePatricia McCormick is a former journalist and a two-time National Book Award finalist whose books include \u003cem\u003eCut, Sold, Never Fall Down, The Plot to Kill Hitler\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSergeant Reckless: The True Story of the Little Horse Who Became a Hero\u003c\/em\u003e, and the young readers edition of \u003cem\u003eI Am Malala\u003c\/em\u003e. Patricia lives in New York. You can visit her online at www.pattymccormick.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Balzer \u0026 Bray\/Harperteen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50662094143762,"sku":"9780061730924","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e09a7394-0621-489d-8bb2-b8388eab5b47.jpg?v=1733512192","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/purple-heart-9780061730924","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}