Eric Greitens was born and raised in Missouri. After earning a PhD as a Rhodes scholar and serving as a humanitarian volunteer overseas, Eric joined the Navy SEALs. A boxing champion and a decorated combat veteran, he is the founder of the nonprofit The Mission Continues and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Heart and the Fist. Visit his website at www.ericgreitens.com.
"An uncommon (to say the least) coming of age, retraced with
well-deserved pride but not self-aggrandizement, and as thought
provoking as it is entertaining."
--Kirkus, starred review "Adapted from the adult title The Heart
and the Fist (Houghton, 2011), this volume has been rearranged,
shortened, and streamlined in way sure to appeal to its new
audience."
--School Library Journal
"In a young-adult marketplace crowded with fictional tales for and
about teen women, it's a relief to discover a book that reaches
through the miasma of video games and sports biographies into the
minds and hearts of young men, especially one that is so well
executed. An autobiography that seeks to lead by example, "The
Warrior's Heart" largely fulfills its mission with a story that's
as relatable as it is inspiring. ...[An] engaging and important
book."
--Los Angeles Times "In The Warrior's Heart, this trained killer
and humanitarian--this do-gooder warrior--urges his young readers
to make the right choices as they march through life. I hope my
grandchildren read his book."
--St. Louis Post-Dispatch "It's no small feat to make a difference
in somebody's life and Greitens has written a book that is a
fitting honor to all those who have made a difference in his. By
sharing these stories with young readers, he now has a chance to
make a difference in a few more."
--New York Times Book Review "The book's tone is wholesome,
patriotic, and humanitarian, but not religious. The author's young
manhood is presented as exemplary in its achievement of both
strength and compassion."
--VOYA --
Gr 8 Up-A former Navy SEAL describes his journey from aiding victims of violence to protecting people and, now, living a life of service. Modeling parts of his engaging memoir on the "Choose Your Own Adventure" stories he loved as a child, Greitens describes events along his path, preceding each with a short "You" segment presenting a moral dilemma taken from his own life. As a college student he began seeing the results of violence in the world with summers in China, Bosnia, and Rwanda. At home, he trained as a boxer to build his strength. After graduation he worked with Bolivian street children. At this point, halfway through the narrative, there is a series of black-and-white photographs. After a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford, realizing that "courage and compassion are two sides of the same coin," and determined to become someone who protected those in need, he joined the Navy SEALS. That difficult training takes up most of the second half of the book, which concludes with a few scenes from his service in Iraq; a description of The Mission Continues, his nonprofit organization; and an exhortation to readers to live lives of service as well. Adapted from the adult title The Heart and the Fist (Houghton, 2011), this volume has been rearranged, shortened, and streamlined in ways sure to appeal its new audience.-Kathleen Isaacs, Children's Literature Specialist, Pasadena, MD (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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