Rated - PG-13
To support our study of World War II, my fourteen-year-old read the young adult version of the book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. He found Louis Zamperini's life story amazing and inspiring.
He and I watched the movie together (I have not read the book.). I could not believe all that Louie endured and actually survived!! An absolutely incredible story. He was a remarkable human being. The movie ends when Louie returns to the United States and is reunited with his family. After his return, Louie struggled with alchoholism. Attending a Billy Graham crusade, he accepts Christ as his Savior and lives a full life, serving God and others until his death at age of ninety-seven years. The movie does share some of these later life events in a few sentences at the end of the movie.
My son thought the book was more graphic in its description of the abuse Louie experienced as a POW. He also liked the book better because it revealed a lot more details about each part of Louie's life.
*Highly recommend. (see warnings)
Warnings: war violence, death, some language, Louie tries to look up a woman's dress at a track meet, cruelty and abuse at POW camps
-Borrowed from the library
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