“This is the story of a true American hero, Louis Zamperini. The power of his story is not about a single event in his life, but about how he overcame adversity time and again. From his childhood as a hoodlum, to becoming an Olympic runner, to surviving for 47 days on a raft in the Pacific Ocean, to a POW in a Japanese camp during WWII, to the emotional aftermath of a veteran, this story is compelling and inspiring. Once I started the story, I couldn’t read anything else until I finished it.” — Laura DeLaney, Rediscovered Bookshop, Boise