TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gratz,Alan
TI  - Allies
SN  - 9781338245721
AV  - PZ7.G77224 Al 2019
U1  - [Fic] 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - Scholastic Press
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Normandy (France)
KW  - Fiction
KW  - sears
KW  - Underground movements
KW  - France
KW  - German Americans
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - Survival skills
KW  - War stories
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 1940-1945, German occupation
KW  - War fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Historical fiction
N1  - 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; 5.6; 5-8; Follett School Solutions; Accelerated Reader AR; MG; 5.6; 9.0; 503736; BR
N2  - 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
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