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The Purple Heart
By
Marc Talbert
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Turtleback Books
Publication date
October 1, 1999
Binding
Prebinding
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780785714101
ISBN-10
0785714103
Dimensions
0.75 by 5 by 7.50 in.
Weight
0.40 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$11.25
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
When his wounded father is sent home early from Vietnam, Luke finds it difficult to adjust to the troubled, emotionally shaken man who seems so unlike the fearless hero of his dreams.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This is an Authors Guild/BIP title. Please use Authors Guild/BIP specs. Author's bio: Marc Talbert has written many books for young readers, several of them published in seven foreign countries. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Tesuque, New Mexico. Description: Wounded. That must make my father a hero, thinks Luke Canvin. When his father arrives home from Vietnam, he is silent, tearful, and tired. This is not what Luke pictures a hero to be.
How did his father earn his Purple Heart? Luke becomes convinced his father's Purple Heart holds the answers to the questions he can not bring himself to ask.
The costs of pride, dignity, honesty, and humility become apparent as Luke and his father struggle to rebuild their relationship and learn, in the process, a new definition of courage.
Editions
Hardcover
from Harpercollins Childrens Books (March 1, 1992)
9780060204280 | details & prices | 135 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.70 lbs | List price $14.95
About: Luke Canvin gets a lesson in bravery, pride, and honesty as he tries to rebuild his relationship with his father who has just returned from the Vietnam War emotionally shaken
About: Luke Canvin gets a lesson in bravery, pride, and honesty as he tries to rebuild his relationship with his father who has just returned from the Vietnam War emotionally shaken
Paperback
from Iuniverse Inc (August 1, 2000)
9780595097715 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $10.95
About: This is an Authors Guild/BIP title.
About: This is an Authors Guild/BIP title.
Reprint edition from Camelot (November 1, 1993)
9780380719853 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.20 lbs | List price $3.50
About: Luke Canvin gets a lesson in bravery, pride, and honesty as he tries to rebuild his relationship with his father, who has just returned from the Vietnam War emotionally shaken
About: Luke Canvin gets a lesson in bravery, pride, and honesty as he tries to rebuild his relationship with his father, who has just returned from the Vietnam War emotionally shaken
Library
from Harpercollins (April 1, 1992)
9780060204297 | details & prices | 135 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.75 lbs | List price $14.89
About: Luke Canvin gets a lesson in bravery, pride, and honesty as he tries to rebuild his relationship with his father who has just returned from the Vietnam War emotionally shaken
About: Luke Canvin gets a lesson in bravery, pride, and honesty as he tries to rebuild his relationship with his father who has just returned from the Vietnam War emotionally shaken
Prebinding
The price comparison is for this edition
from Turtleback Books (October 1, 1999)
9780785714101 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.50 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.40 lbs | List price $11.25
About: Luke Canvin gets a lesson in bravery, pride, and honesty as he tries to rebuild his relationship with his father, who has just returned from the Vietnam War emotionally shaken
About: Luke Canvin gets a lesson in bravery, pride, and honesty as he tries to rebuild his relationship with his father, who has just returned from the Vietnam War emotionally shaken
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