A teen soldier returns home from Iraq forever changed in this poignant and pivotal novel that Kirkus Reviews calls "as illuminating as a hand grenade, and just as powerful." Ben lives a charmed life--effortlessly landing the lead in the high school musical, dating the prettiest girl in school.
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When he decides to enlist in the army after 9/11, no one thinks he\'ll be in real danger.
A teen soldier returns home from Iraq forever changed in this poignant and pivotal novel that Kirkus Reviews calls "as illuminating as a hand grenade, and just as powerful." Ben lives a charmed life--effortlessly landing the lead in the high school musical, dating the prettiest girl in school
