The Resource The yellow birds, Kevin Powers
The yellow birds, Kevin Powers
Resource Information
The item The yellow birds, Kevin Powers represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item The yellow birds, Kevin Powers represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- "The war tried to kill us in the spring, " begins this breathtaking 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. 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. Bound together since basic training when their tough-as-nails Sergeant ordered Bartle to watch over Murphy, the two have been dropped into a war neither is prepared for. As reality begins to blur into a hazy nightmare, Murphy becomes increasingly unmoored from the world around him and Bartle takes impossible actions
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The yellow birds
- Title
- The yellow birds
- Statement of responsibility
- Kevin Powers
- Subject
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- trueLiterary fiction
- trueUnited States -- Military relations -- Iraq
- trueYoung men -- Psychology
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Fiction
- trueBasic training (Military education)
- Soldiers -- United States -- Fiction
- trueSoldiers -- United States
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueWar stories
- trueWar neuroses
- trueIraq War, 2003-2011
- trueMilitary life
- trueFamilies of military personnel
- trueCompanionship
- trueIraq -- Military relations -- United States
- trueCombat -- Psychological aspects
- trueBooks to movies
- trueStress in men
- trueWar -- Psychological aspects
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The war tried to kill us in the spring, " begins this breathtaking 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. 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. Bound together since basic training when their tough-as-nails Sergeant ordered Bartle to watch over Murphy, the two have been dropped into a war neither is prepared for. As reality begins to blur into a hazy nightmare, Murphy becomes increasingly unmoored from the world around him and Bartle takes impossible actions
- Summary
- In the midst of a bloody battle in the Iraq War, two soldiers, bound together since basic training, do everything to protect each other from both outside enemies and the internal struggles that come from constant danger
- Award
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- Guardian First Book Award, 2012.
- Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, 2013.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2012.
- School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2012.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10133568
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Powers, Kevin
- Dewey number
- 813.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- War stories
- Soldiers
- Iraq War, 2003-2011
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The yellow birds, Kevin Powers
- Control code
- 000050018476
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 226 p.
- Isbn
- 9781444756135
- Label
- The yellow birds, Kevin Powers
- Control code
- 000050018476
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 226 p.
- Isbn
- 9781444756135
Subject
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueBasic training (Military education)
- trueBooks to movies
- trueCombat -- Psychological aspects
- trueCompanionship
- trueFamilies of military personnel
- trueIraq -- Military relations -- United States
- trueIraq War, 2003-2011
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMilitary life
- trueSoldiers -- United States
- Soldiers -- United States -- Fiction
- trueStress in men
- trueUnited States -- Military relations -- Iraq
- trueWar -- Psychological aspects
- trueWar neuroses
- trueWar stories
- trueYoung men -- Psychology
Genre
Included in
- trueGuardian First Book Award
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2012
- truePEN/Hemingway Award
- trueSchool Library Journal's Adult Books 4 Teens: 2012
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Library Locations
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Lionel Bowen Library and Community CentreBorrow it669-673 Anzac Parade, Marouba, NSW, 2035, AU-33.938111 151.237977
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Malabar Community LibraryBorrow it1203 Anzac Parade, Matraville, NSW, 2036, AU-33.962293 151.245961
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Margaret Martin LibraryBorrow itLevel 1, Royal Randwick Shopping Centre , Randwick, NSW, 2031, AU-33.9151421 151.2408898
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