Remember the Alan Gratz book your grade level read for summer reading? His latest book, Allies, published in October 2019, is the story of one 24-hour period in history: D-Day, June 6, 1944. We usually think about and hear and see the soldiers coming off those boats along the coast of Normandy, France, the bombardment they faced from the Germans, and the incredible loss of life when we learn about D-Day. But the invasion wasn't just getting up onto that beach. Many others were coordinating efforts behind the scenes with paratrooper air drops in the early morning hours, the French Resistance cutting telephone wires and blowing up train tracks, female news reporters and medics who tried to save lives on the beach, and so much more. Gratz weaves the stories of all these characters into his novel about the invasion, giving insight about all the events of that day. As a bonus, listen to Alan Gratz tell about these different events he researched in his own words.
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