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Sergeant Reckless the true story of the little horse who became a hero

Relates the true story of a brave little mare who carried artillery shells into battle numerous times with the U.S. Marines she supported throughout the Korean War.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	McCormick, Patricia, 1956- (Author)
Other Authors:	Bruno, Iacopo (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Sergeant Reckless > (Horse), > approximately 1948-1968 > Juvenile nonfiction. Horses > Korea > Biography > Juvenile nonfiction. Animals > War use > Juvenile nonfiction. Korean War, 1950-1953 > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:	Relates the true story of a brave little mare who carried artillery shells into battle numerous times with the U.S. Marines she supported throughout the Korean War.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm
ISBN:	9780062292599 0062292595
Author Notes:	Patricia McCormick, a two-time National Book Award finalist, is the author of five critically acclaimed novels: Never Fall Down, a novel based on the true story of an 11-year-old boy who survived the Killing Fields of Cambodia by playing music; Purple Heart, a suspenseful psychological novel that explores the killing of a 10-year-old boy in Iraq; Sold, a deeply moving account of sexual trafficking; My Brother's Keeper, a realistic view of teenage substance abuse; and Cut, an intimate portrait of one girl's struggle with self-injury. McCormick grew up in central Pennsylvania. She worked as an assistant press secretary to the Governor of Pennsylvania from 1974-78, then went to the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. McCormick studied fiction writing at The New School in New York City. Never Fall Down was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2012 and was named a New York Times Notable Book for 2012. It was also named a Best Book of the Year by iTunes, The Huffington Post, School Library Journal and the Chicago Public Library. McCormick was named a New York Foundation on the Arts fellow in 2004 and a MacDowell fellow in 2009. She is also the winner of the 2009 German Peace Prize for Youth Literature. (Bowker Author Biography)