![]() ![]() explosion not long into his Iraq tour, her worry and guilt compound an already demanding freshman year at college. School Library Journal - Gr 8 Up-When Ben Bright enlists in the army after graduation, his family and girlfriend are shocked, and his friend Niko berates himself for not trying to make him stay, even though he knows, "convincing Ben to do anything was like trying to talk the words off a street sign." His girlfriend, Ariela, who becomes his fiancée, takes the promise of his engagement ring seriously, but when he suffers a head injury from an I.E.D. ![]() The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (A) (03/12) ![]() Added Entry - Personal Name:Ĭommon Core Standards Grade 6 → Reading → RL Literature → 6.RL Range of Reading & Level of Text Complexity Grade 6 → Reading → CCR College & Career Readiness Anchor Standards fo Grade 7 → Reading → RL Literature → 7.RL Key Ideas & Details Grade 7 → Reading → RL Literature → 7.RL Range of Reading & LEvel of Text Complexity Grade 8 → Reading → RL Literature → 8.RL Key Ideas & Details Grade 8 → Reading → CCR College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading Reviews: ![]() Wounded in Iraq and treated for traumatic brain injury, the first person Ben remembers is his autistic brother. Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (2012)īrain damage - Patients - Rehabilitation - Fiction ![]()
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