Unbroken -Laura Hillenbrand

Unbroken

Unbroken is an amazing book about a pow in Japan. The protagonist, Louie Zamperini, was a famous Olympic runner who joined the united states Air Corps to escape being killed in the war. Louie was not very lucky and ended up with the M4 Sherman of the planes. Louie was the bombardier of a B24 Liberator. The Liberator was a medium bomber made for mass-production. This caused many flaws in the designs and countless american lives were taken for no reason. Louie ended up fighting the ruthless Japan from Hawaii. He suffered a crash over the pacific and very few of them were left. They also had none of the necessary survival tools, as the bag had gone down with the rest of the crew. Louie and his friend, Allen Phillips (Phil), spent 47 days at sea, fighting off the sharks. Their rescue turned out be be a lot worse than being stranded, though. Louie soon faced severe brutality and horror for over two years. The book goes into the truth of what our war with Japan was really like and how brutal it got I really liked this book, but I suggest you read the young adult version, as if has a lot less violence. Either book you choose, please beware of violence and terrible descriptions of Louie's horrors. I still thought it was a good book, as it tells all of Louie's life, from a child delinquent, famous athlete, bombardier, prisoner, and recovery from the horrors he faced. I loved this book a lot, so please read it.

-Caleb Frank