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Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am Book Report
Harry Mazer and Peter Lerangis have written an extraordinary book in the realistic fiction genre entitled, Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am. The main character, Ben Bright, is a brave eighteen-year-old who will be graduating high school. Ben even though an amazing actor, decides to join the Army and ends up having to travel to Iraq and try to cooperate and control the terrorist issue. In result, of the travel to Iraq Ben ends up in an explosion and received extreme brain trauma and ends up in a coma. Bright has a long road of recovery to become the man he once was. Ben, a magnificent young man, has many characteristics that are expressed throughout the story. The theater, Ben's second home, is a place where he excels, especially in the singing

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