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Allies / Alan Gratz.

Gratz, Alan, 1972- (author.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781338245721
  • ISBN: 1338245724
  • ISBN: 9781338604498
  • ISBN: 133860449X
  • Physical Description: 322 pages : maps ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes author's note with historical information on D-Day operations (pages 309-322).
Awards Note:
Sequoyah Book Intermediate Award, 2021.
Subject: World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > France > Normandy > Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > France > Juvenile fiction.
German American soldiers > Juvenile fiction.
Survival > Juvenile fiction.
Normandy (France) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
France > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > France > Normandy > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > France > Fiction.
German Americans > Fiction.
Soldiers > Fiction.
Survival > Fiction.
Normandy (France) > History > 20th century > Fiction.
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories.
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Boys & Men.
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Coming of Age.
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / General.
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Girls & Women.
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical / Military & Wars.
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / General.
German American soldiers.
Military campaigns.
Survival.
Underground movements, War.
France.
France > Normandy.
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.
Genre: War stories.
Children's stories.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
War fiction.
Historical fiction.
War stories.
War fiction.
Historical fiction.
War stories.
Historical fiction.

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Summary: 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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