And in the thick of battle, Henry, a medic, searches for lives to save. Meanwhile, paratrooper James leaps from his plane to join a daring midnight raid. Behind enemy lines in France, a girl named Samira works as a spy, trying to sabotage the German army.
He feels the weight of World War II on his shoulders.īut Dee is not alone. And Dee - along with his brothers-in-arms - is terrified. soldier, is on a boat racing toward the French coast.
The only way to stop them? The biggest, most top-secret operation ever, with the Allied nations coming together to storm German-occupied France.ĭee, a young U.S. June 6, 1944: The Nazis are terrorizing Europe, on their evil quest to conquer the world. An extensive Author’s Note gives an overview of Operation Overlord as well as the six smaller operations portrayed in the story.Alan Gratz, bestselling author of Refugee, weaves a stunning array of voices and stories into an epic tale of teamwork in the face of tyranny - and how just one day can change the world. While written for middle-grade readers, the brutal frankness makes this a suitable read for older readers as well. Each of the characters are young, which is not only historically accurate, but also makes it easier for young readers to relate. Gratz does not shy away from the horrors of war-whether it be the violence of the battlefield or the ugliness of racism, antisemitism, and sexism from supposed allies. The diverse characters not only represent different nations and ethnicities, but differing reasons to be at war beyond ridding the world of Nazism. The story mostly follows Dee, but the others play integral roles in the mission. There are others who carry their own burdens: Samira, an Algerian girl with the French Resistance, must save her mother from the Nazis Canadian paratrooper James drops from a plane into a bullet-ridden night sky, asking What am I doing here? Bill, the British tank operator who wants to make it as far as Amiens to see the rock where his father carved his name when he was there during WWI and the medic James, who scours the beach under constant enemy fire searching for wounded soldiers, some of whom do not want his help.Īllies takes place over the course of twenty-four hours-from midnight Jto midnight on June 7.
He carries a burden of responsibility unknown to his brothers-in-arms-even his best friend, Sid. Sixteen-year-old Dee Carpenter lands on Omaha Beach in the chaos of the first landings in Normandy and is immediately confronted with the violence and terror of war.
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