Allies
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 gir...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc.
2019.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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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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| Item Description: | Includes author's note with historical information on D-Day operations (pages 309-322). |
| Physical Description: | 322 pages : maps ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781338245721 1338245724 9781407198798 1407198793 |
| Author Notes: | Alan Gratz is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of several highly acclaimed books for young readers, including War Games , Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor , Two Degrees , Ground Zero , Allies , Grenade , Refugee , Projekt 1065 , Prisoner B-3087 , Code of Honor , and Captain America: The Ghost Army , an original graphic novel. Alan lives with his family in the Pacific Northwest. Look for him online at alangratz.com. |
