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The Purple Heart

by Marc Talbert · 1992

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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.

Themes
father sonfather sonMore like thisLess of thisfathersfathersMore like thisLess of thisrelationshipsrelationshipsMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 148 pages

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