Unbroken: An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive
by Laura Hillenbrand
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Sports
Year Published 2014
Word Count 63,138
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 850L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 170280
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Physical Education
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Young Adult Nonfiction | History | Military & Wars
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Olympic athletes
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Olympics & Paralympics
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- Japan
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- Prisoners of war
- Long-distance runners
- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
- Long-distance runners--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Young Adult Biography
- United States
- Zamperini, Louis
- Olympic athletes--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
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