Purple Heart By Patricia Mccormick: Book Summary

The book that I read was Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick. An 18 year old boy named, Matt Duffy awakes in a ward called The Green Zone after being injured in war. He has no idea what happened to him, all he knows is he has been awarded the Purple Heart, but he doesn’t want a metal-he wants answers. With doctors asking him questions he can’t answer and people telling him things he doesn’t want to hear, Matt scrambles to recollect what happened the day he got hurt. Only bits and pieces are coming back, but some of those pieces make him even more confused. Matt knew that people would want to know what happened, but didn't even know himself because he has a traumatic brain injury, TBI. All Matt wants to do is get back to his squad. One of his best friends/ squad members comes to see him, Matt hopes that he will help clear things up because he was there during his accident, but he is
Startling images of a young boy civilian being shot and killed keep impeding Matt's thoughts, and he is afraid that he killed him. Matt decided to make lists of what he does and doesn’t know, the doctors eventually say he's all good to go back on the field. He gets sent back to his troop, Wolf, Charlene, Figueroa, and Justin. There isn't much happening on the field because they’re in the middle of a cease fire, so they can catch up. Matt notices that Justin is acting strange, but tries to ignore it. While on patrol one day he realizes he’s only a block away from where everything happened-so he decides to investigate. Matt sees bullet holes and where the boy was shot; he also notices something very disturbing. The place that Justin said he was standing would be a perfect shot to hit the young boy, and suddenly he knows why Justin was acting strange... he killed the boy! Matt doesn’t know what to do so he returns and they leave. Another day out on patrol with Charlene, and BAM! suddenly the whole world explodes and Charlene is