Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I AmA soldier returns home from Iraq forever changed in this poignant and pivotal novel from award-winning authors–one a veteran. Ben lives a charmed life—effortlessly landing the lead in the high school musical, dating the prettiest girl in school. When he decides to enlist in the army, no one thinks he’ll be in real danger. But his decision has devastating consequences: His convoy gets caught in an explosion, and Ben ends up in a coma for two months. When he wakes up, he doesn’t know where he is—or remember anything about his old life. His family and friends mourn what they see as a loss, but Ben perseveres. And as he triumphs, readers will relate to this timely novel that pairs the action and adventure of the best war stories with the emotional elements of struggle and transformation. As an underage soldier in WWII, Henry Mazer has firsthand experience of what it means to be a young man in the military. |
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User Review - loveofreading - LibraryThingIn Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am, Ben Bright makes a decision that not many people can understand: to volunteer to be a solider. When all of his friends are going to college, Ben has known that ... Read full review
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User Review - TabithaDickerson - LibraryThingA student recommended this book to me, and I am glad he did. The book details the story of Ben, a high school senior, who decides to enlist in the Army. It is divided into three sections: before ... Read full review
Contents
Section 1 | xx |
Section 2 | xxviii |
Section 3 | xxxi |
Section 4 | xxxv |
Section 5 | xlvii |
Section 6 | 60 |
Section 7 | 68 |
Section 8 | 85 |
Section 9 | 141 |
Section 10 | 143 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am |
| Authors | Harry Mazer, Peter Lerangis |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 2012 |
| ISBN | 144244990X, 9781442449909 |
| Length | 160 pages |
| Subjects | › › Juvenile Fiction / General Young Adult Fiction / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories Young Adult Fiction / Family / General Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Physical & Emotional Abuse |
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