The Yellow Birds
Kevin Powers$29.75
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Finalist for the National Book Award, The Yellow Birds is the harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stay alive in Iraq. "The war tried to kill us in the spring." So begins this powerful account of friendship and loss. In Al Tafar, Iraq, twenty-one-year old Private Bartle and eighteen-year-old Private Murphy cling to life as their platoon launches a bloody battle for the city. Bound together since basic training when Bartle makes a promise to bring Murphy safely home, the two have been dropped into a war neither is prepared for. In the endless days that follow, the two young soldiers do everything to protect each other from the forces that press in on every side: the insurgents, physical fatigue, and the mental stress that comes from constant danger. As reality begins to blur into a hazy nightmare, Murphy becomes increasingly unmoored from the world around him and Bartle takes actions he could never have imagined. With profound emotional insight, especially into the effects of a hidden war on mothers and families at home, The Yellow Birds is a groundbreaking novel that is destined to become a classic.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 09/11/2012
ISBN: 9780316219365
Pages: 230
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.00d
Award: National Book Awards - Finalist
Award: Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award - Winner
Award: Guardian First Book Award - Winner
Award: Indies Choice Book Awards - Honor Book
Award: Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize - Finalist
Review Citations: Library Journal 04/15/2012 pg. 58
Library Journal 06/01/2012 pg. 94
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2012
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2012
Publishers Weekly 07/30/2012 pg. 34
Booklist 08/01/2012 pg. 27
Men's Journal 09/01/2012 pg. 40
Entertainment Weekly 09/07/2012 pg. 77
Shelf Awareness 09/14/2012
New York Times Book Review 10/07/2012 pg. 1
New Yorker (The) 10/14/2012 pg. 22
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/05/2012 pg. 26
Kirkus Best Fiction 11/15/2012 pg. 35
New Yorker (The) 11/19/2012 pg. 91
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/02/2012 pg. 25
Shelf Awareness 12/28/2012
Kirkus Bea Big Book Guide 05/15/2012 pg. 23
SLJ Best Adult Bks 4 Teens 12/01/2012 pg. 37
BookPage 09/01/2012
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 156980 / Yellow Birds
Reading Level: 6.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 9
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 09/11/2012
ISBN: 9780316219365
Pages: 230
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.00d
Award: National Book Awards - Finalist
Award: Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award - Winner
Award: Guardian First Book Award - Winner
Award: Indies Choice Book Awards - Honor Book
Award: Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize - Finalist
Review Citations: Library Journal 04/15/2012 pg. 58
Library Journal 06/01/2012 pg. 94
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2012
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2012
Publishers Weekly 07/30/2012 pg. 34
Booklist 08/01/2012 pg. 27
Men's Journal 09/01/2012 pg. 40
Entertainment Weekly 09/07/2012 pg. 77
Shelf Awareness 09/14/2012
New York Times Book Review 10/07/2012 pg. 1
New Yorker (The) 10/14/2012 pg. 22
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/05/2012 pg. 26
Kirkus Best Fiction 11/15/2012 pg. 35
New Yorker (The) 11/19/2012 pg. 91
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/02/2012 pg. 25
Shelf Awareness 12/28/2012
Kirkus Bea Big Book Guide 05/15/2012 pg. 23
SLJ Best Adult Bks 4 Teens 12/01/2012 pg. 37
BookPage 09/01/2012
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 156980 / Yellow Birds
Reading Level: 6.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 9