Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

Unbroken is the true story of Louis Zamperini.  A one-time Olympic runner, Zamperini was a bombadier in WWII.  His bomber crash landed in the Pacific Ocean in 1943. Three men survived the crash, only to find themselves adrift in the ocean with few supplies and little hope of being rescued.  When they finally hit land, it was a Japanese-occupied island and they became prisoners of war.  This is a riveting story of courage and survival.  I'm amazed that anyone could survive what those men went through!