James Taylor Purple Heart

I read the book Puple Heart by Patricia McCormick. This novel is about a soldier named Matt that was fighting in Iraq and was wounded in battle. He wakes up in an Iraq army hospital and the doctors say he is suffering from Traumatic Brain Injury. Matt is awarded the Purple Heart from being injured in combat. During his stay in the hospital he kept having dreams about a memory he had of a young boy being shot. He didnt know who it was or why he was dreaming of him. His fellow soldier Justin visited him once and a while and told him some things that happened to see if he could remember and as days went by he started to remember more. It made me feel more pitty for soldiers that leave their families and go and fight for our country. It also makes me think about all the things that they have to put behind them. "You were under fire..." Matt says. That statement says he was under fire and they most likely had to fire back and who knows if they killed anyone and they have live with that for the rest of their lives. Wether it be the people that they killed or just something they regret doing. This book was a good read. I would suggest this book to those who are interested in the military and like to read about the conflict with Iraq.