Allies by Gratz, Alan 

Publisher Edition - Large Print Hardcover(Thorndike Press, 2020)

BTSB #: 393451 Temp OS

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   


Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Large print books World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - France - Normandy - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements - France - Fiction German American - Fiction Soldiers - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Normandy (France) - History|y20th century - Fiction France - History|y1940-1945, German occupation - Fiction

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. Large print hardcover format.

Allies by Gratz, Alan 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2019)

BTSB #: 393452 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.6 MG RC: 4.7 6-8

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - France - Normandy - Fiction World War, 1939-1945 - Underground movements - France - Fiction German American - Fiction Soldiers - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction Normandy (France) - History|y20th century - Fiction France - History|y1940-1945, German occupation - Fiction

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.