"Remarkable."--__Mark Sullivan__, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky   
  
"Packed with tension."--__Lisa Wingate__, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours   
  
"Such real characters."--__Rhys Bowen__, New York Times bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook  
  
"Riveting."--__Mark Greaney__, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Gray Man series   
  
"Utterly compelling."--__Susan Meissner__, USA Today bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things   
  
"Simply magnificent."--__Don Bentley__, New York Times bestselling author of Hostile Intent   
  
"Dazzling."--__Joseph Finder__, New York Times bestselling author of House on Fire   
  
"A tremendous story."--__Andrew Kaplan__, New York Times bestselling author of Blue Madagascar   
  
"Beautifully and faultlessly told."--__Steve Martini__, New York Times bestselling author of Blood Flag

__Marcus Brotherton__ is the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author or coauthor of more than twenty-five books that have been called "fascinating," "brilliantly arranged," "magical," and "refreshingly frank." __Tosca Lee__ is the award-winning New York Times bestselling author of twelve novels, including The Line Between, The Progeny, The Legend of Sheba, and Iscariot. Lee's work has been praised as "deeply human," "powerful," and "mind-bending historical fiction."

__Inspired by true stories, The Long March Home is a gripping coming-of-age tale of friendship, sacrifice, and the power of unrelenting hope.__ Jimmy Propfield joined the army for two reasons: to get out of Mobile, Alabama, with his best friends Hank and Billy and to forget his high school sweetheart, Claire.   
  
Life in the Philippines seems like paradise--until the morning of December 8, 1941, when news comes from Manila: Imperial Japan has bombed Pearl Harbor. Within hours, the teenage friends are plunged into war as enemy warplanes attack Luzon, beginning a battle for control of the Pacific theater that will culminate with a last stand on the Bataan Peninsula and end with the largest surrender of American troops in history.   
  
What follows will become known as one of the worst atrocities in modern warfare: the Bataan Death March. With no hope of rescue, the three friends vow to make it back home together. But the ordeal is only the beginning of their nearly four-year fight to survive.

__﻿ "\[A\] tour de force."--Publishers Weekly starred review  
  
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Jimmy Propfield joined the army for two reasons: to get out of Mobile, Alabama, with his best friends Hank and Billy and to forget his high school sweetheart, Claire.   
  
Life in the Philippines seems like paradise--until the morning of December 8, 1941, when news comes from Manila: Imperial Japan has bombed Pearl Harbor. Within hours, the teenage friends are plunged into war as enemy warplanes attack Luzon, beginning a battle for control of the Pacific Theater that will culminate with a last stand on the Bataan Peninsula and end with the largest surrender of American troops in history.   
  
What follows will become known as one of the worst atrocities in modern warfare: the Bataan Death March. With no hope of rescue, the three friends vow to make it back home together. But the ordeal is only the beginning of their nearly four-year fight to survive.   
  
Inspired by true stories, The Long March Home is a gripping coming-of-age tale of friendship, sacrifice, and the power of unrelenting hope.  
  
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"Remarkable."--__Mark Sullivan__, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky   
  
"Packed with tension."--__Lisa Wingate__, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours   
  
"Such real characters."--__Rhys Bowen__, New York Times bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook  
  
"Riveting."--__Mark Greaney__, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Gray Man series   
  
"Utterly compelling."--__Susan Meissner__, USA Today bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things   
  
"Simply magnificent."--__Don Bentley__, New York Times bestselling author of Hostile Intent   
  
"Dazzling."--__Joseph Finder__, New York Times bestselling author of House on Fire   
  
"A tremendous story."--__Andrew Kaplan__, New York Times bestselling author of Blue Madagascar   
  
"Beautifully and faultlessly told."--__Steve Martini__, New York Times bestselling author of Blood Flag

Inspired by true events, this gripping coming-of-age tale of friendship, sacrifice, and the power of unrelenting hope during WWII follows three friends from Mobile, Alabama, as they struggle to survive the Bataan Death March and make it home to their families--and the girl they left behind.

Brotherton, Marcus ;Lee, Tosca

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Jimmy Propfield joined the army for two reasons: to get out of Mobile, Alabama, with his best friends Hank and Billy and to forget his high school sweetheart, Claire.

Life in the Philippines seems like paradise--until the morning of December 8, 1941, when news comes from Manila: Imperial Japan has bombed Pearl Harbor. Within hours, the teenage friends are plunged into war as enemy warplanes attack Luzon, beginning a battle for control of the Pacific Theater that will culminate with a last stand on the Bataan Peninsula and end with the largest surrender of American troops in history.

What follows will become known as one of the worst atrocities in modern warfare: the Bataan Death March. With no hope of rescue, the three friends vow to make it back home together. But the ordeal is only the beginning of their nearly four-year fight to survive.

Inspired by true stories, The Long March Home is a gripping coming-of-age tale of friendship, sacrifice, and the power of unrelenting hope.

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