Allies by Alan Gratz - ESSENTIAL

Allies by Alan Gratz, 336 pages.  Scholastic Press, OCTOBER 2019.  $18.

Language: PG(14 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: G; Violence: PG-13 (war deaths)

BUYING ADVISORY: MS - ESSENTIAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH

Alan Gratz takes us to the beaches of Normandy France on D-Day.  Showing us the action through the eyes so many different characters should be confusing, but this master of the craft gives each scene and each character the right amount of time on the page to set that scene and to place within the context of the bigger picture.  Each character could have a book of their own, but Gratz still gives us a fully satisfying, if rightfully horrifying, look at this awful day.  

Cindy, Library Teacher, MLS