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product_id: 130824840
title: "Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation): An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive Kindle Edition"
brand: "laura hillenbrand"
price: "$20.32"
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reviews_count: 13
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# Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation): An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive Kindle Edition

**Brand:** laura hillenbrand
**Price:** $20.32
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- **What is this?** Unbroken (The Young Adult Adaptation): An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive Kindle Edition by laura hillenbrand
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## Customer Reviews

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    Inspiring read!
  

*by S***S on Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2018*

This book is amazing.  I had previously read the full adult version and I was afraid that the "young readers' version" would skimp on the details.  I read this book to my 9 year-old son and 12 year-old daughter.  They could not wait until bedtime each night to hear more of Louis Zamperini's amazing story.It has a great message about the power of forgiveness and faith in Jesus Christ.

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    This will do the trick!  Yay!
  

*by M***X on Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2014*

My ten-year-old reads well above grade level, but is still reluctant.  Like many boys, he just doesn't want to sit still long enough to get through a story!  He likes adventure stories, so I thought he would enjoy listening to the audio version of "Unbroken," while following along in the book.  No dice.  I lost him at the word "dirigible."So I was delighted to learn that a young adult version was on the horizon, and I immediately pre-ordered both the Kindle and audio versions.  I am pleased to report that I think this will do the trick.Of course, the first thing I did upon receiving the new version, was to turn to Chapter One to see if the word "dirigible" had been changed!  It is now "airship."  Then I went back to the beginning and did a side-by-side comparison of both.  The changes were immediately apparent:On the first page, the previous version read: Somewhere on the endless expanse of the Pacific Ocean, Army Air Forces bombardier and Olympic runner Louie Zamperini lay across a small raft, drifting westward.The new version read:  Somewhere on the Pacific Ocean, American military airman and Olympic runner Louie Zamperini lay on a small raft, drifting.In a nutshell, Hillenbrand deleted "the endless expanse of," and simplified Zamperini's title from "Army Air Forces bombardier," to "American military airman."Looking randomly through the two books, I'm seeing other instances of abridgement, as well as simplified language.  I have high hopes that my young reader will now enjoy this story.  I'm excited at the prospect, as I think our children need to read more stories about people like Mr. Zamperini.  He is easily the bravest, most remarkable person I've ever read about, and a fine example of what we hope our young people will choose to emulate.A final thought:  I'm an avid reader, but I wish this version had been out when I read the original.  While still long, it is shorter than the first book, and I wouldn't consider this one to be at all "dumbed down."  It would not be inappropriate for an adult to read this version instead of the other.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Inspirational & Heartwrenching
  

*by M***H on Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2014*

As a middle school librarian, I wanted to share this unbelievable, inspirational tale, but the more graphic & violent scenes in the adult version were disturbing and overwhelming.Laura Hillenbrand has taken out some of those more graphically violent parts of her adult version, but still communicated the depravity and inhumane treatment of Allied POW's by the Japanese.  Unlike the Nazis, the Japanese were never brought to trial for crimes against humanity, and continue to teach revisionist history to the generations since.

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