A good book for what it is. Joe Bonham is a kid who through war ends up having no legs, arms, ears, mouth, and nose. He has no way to communicate to anyone or anyway to hear anything or see anything around him, so he is basically alone in darkness with only his thoughts of war and life to accompany him. This book is really good, although not the most climatic, it is good on the level that it brings to light the tragedy of war and is very thought provoking in its attempt to speak of death from the point of view of someone who is basically dead. The extremeness of Joe's case is an exaggeration for a reason and the reason becomes very clear through the reading.