{"product_id":"the-yellow-birds-paperback","title":"The Yellow Birds - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin Powers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the National Book Award, \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Birds\u003c\/i\u003e is the harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stay alive in Iraq.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The war tried to kill us in the spring.\" So begins this powerful account of friendship and loss. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With profound emotional insight, especially into the effects of a hidden war on mothers and families at home, \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Birds\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking novel that is destined to become a classic.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Powers\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Birds\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the PEN\/Hemingway Award, the Guardian First Book Award, and was a National Book Award Finalist, as well as \u003ci\u003eLetter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of poetry. He was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University, and holds an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a Michener Fellow in Poetry. He served in the US Army in 2004 and 2005 in Iraq, where he was deployed as a machine gunner in Mosul and Tal Afar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yellow Birds\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754347987232,"sku":"9780316219341","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5d9a794ced3540d7b202795903c07b8b.webp?v=1780037966","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-yellow-birds-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}