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. When he decides to
enlist in the army after 9/11, no one thinks he'll be in real danger.
But his decision has devastating consequences: His convoy gets caught in
an explosion, and Ben ends up in a coma for two months. When he wakes
up, he doesn't know where he is--or remember anything about his old
life. His family and friends mourn what they see as a loss, but Ben
perseveres. And as he triumphs, readers will relate to this timely novel
that pairs the action and adventure of the best war stories with the
emotional elements of struggle and transformation.