The warrior's heart : becoming a man of compassion and courage / Eric Greitens, Navy SEAL.
An adaptation of 'The heart and the fist' for teens.
As a humanitarian, he helped aid workers heal orphaned children in Rwanda and lived in camps alongside Bosnian refugees. As a warrior, he excelled at the hardest military training in the world and teamed up with fellow SEALs to hunt al Qaeda terrorists in Iraq. In this adaptation of his memoir, The Heart and the Fist, Eric Greitens brings his adventures to life for teens, sharing stories of friendship, struggle, and hard-earned wisdom. His exciting journey takes readers across the world, from his boyhood home in Missouri, to a factory in China, to the refugee camps of Rwanda, to the battlefield in Iraq. Through his service, he shows how we can all make a difference. Along the way, Eric speaks directly to teens through narratives that allow readers to exercise their imagination and broaden their horizons.--From publisher description.
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- ISBN: 9780547868523
- ISBN: 0547868529
- Physical Description: 264 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
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General Note: | An adaptation of his best-selling memoir, The heart and the fist, bringing his adventures to life for teens. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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The Warrior's Heart : Becoming a Man of Compassion and Courage
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The Warrior's Heart : Becoming a Man of Compassion and Courage
In this adaptation of his best-selling book, The Heart and the Fist, Eric speaks directly to teen readers, interweaving memoir and intimate second-person narratives that ask the reader to put themselves in the shoes of himself and others. Readers will share in Eric's evolution from average kid to globe-traveling humanitarian to warrior, training and serving with the most elite military outfit in the world: the Navy SEALs. Along the way, they'll be asked to consider the power of choices, of making the decision each and every day to act with courage and compassion so that they grow to be tomorrow's heroes. Sure to inspire and motivate.