Allies /
Gratz, Alan, 1972-
Allies / Alan Gratz. - 1st ed. - New York : Scholastic Press, 2019. - 322 p. ; 22 cm.
School Library Journal starred, October 2019 Booklist starred, September 2019 Pub Weekly, August 2019 Kirkus Starred, August 2019 New York Times, November 2019 Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), November 2019 Library Media Connection starred, January 2020
It is June 6, 1944, D-Day, and Dee Carpenter (true name Dietrich Zimmermann), an underage private in the United States Army, is headed for Omaha Beach, seeking revenge for his uncle, who was arrested by Nazis when Dee was a little boy; meanwhile, Samira Zidano, an eleven-year old French-Algerian girl is looking for the French resistance, desperate to deliver the message that the invasion is about to begin, and get their help in freeing her mother--this is the most important day of the twentieth century, and both children want to fight, and survive.
5.6. 5-8 Follett School Solutions.
9781338245721
2019012188
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Normandy (France)--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France--Fiction.
German Americans--Fiction.
Soldiers--Fiction.
Survival skills--Fiction.
War stories.
Normandy (France)--History--20th century--Fiction.
France--History--1940-1945, German occupation--Fiction.
War fiction.
Historical fiction.
PZ7.G77224 / Al 2019
[Fic]
Allies / Alan Gratz. - 1st ed. - New York : Scholastic Press, 2019. - 322 p. ; 22 cm.
School Library Journal starred, October 2019 Booklist starred, September 2019 Pub Weekly, August 2019 Kirkus Starred, August 2019 New York Times, November 2019 Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), November 2019 Library Media Connection starred, January 2020
It is June 6, 1944, D-Day, and Dee Carpenter (true name Dietrich Zimmermann), an underage private in the United States Army, is headed for Omaha Beach, seeking revenge for his uncle, who was arrested by Nazis when Dee was a little boy; meanwhile, Samira Zidano, an eleven-year old French-Algerian girl is looking for the French resistance, desperate to deliver the message that the invasion is about to begin, and get their help in freeing her mother--this is the most important day of the twentieth century, and both children want to fight, and survive.
5.6. 5-8 Follett School Solutions.
9781338245721
2019012188
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Normandy (France)--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France--Fiction.
German Americans--Fiction.
Soldiers--Fiction.
Survival skills--Fiction.
War stories.
Normandy (France)--History--20th century--Fiction.
France--History--1940-1945, German occupation--Fiction.
War fiction.
Historical fiction.
PZ7.G77224 / Al 2019
[Fic]