Johnny Got His Gun by Trumbo, Dalton

"Trumbo sets this story down almost without pause or punctuation and with a fury accounting to eloquence."--The New York Times

This was no ordinary war. This was a war to make the world safe for democracy. And if democracy was made safe, then nothing else mattered--not the millions of dead bodies, nor the thousands of ruined lives. . . . This is no ordinary novel. This is a novel that never takes the easy way out: it is shocking, violent, terrifying, horrible, uncompromising, brutal, remorseless and gruesome . . . but so is war.

Author: Dalton Trumbo
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 03/01/1984
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 6.89h x 4.20w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9780553274325

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.9
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 12788 / Johnny Got His Gun

About the Author
Dalton Trumbo was one of the most prolific and important literary figures of our time. His more than sixty screenplays include Spartacus, Exodus, Papillon, and the Academy Award-winning The Brave One. Johnny Got His Gun is the most highly acclaimed work of his remarkable career.