![]() ![]() It's certainly not all rosy, with these characters facing racial or gender discrimination, including slurs and segregation, as well as the loyalty of refugees/immigrants being questioned. With such a large cast, Gratz makes room for just about everyone: American, British, Canadian, and French characters who represent Black, indigenous, and Jewish backgrounds as well as refugee/immigrant families, families with missing or dead parents, and girls & women who step into roles stereotypically deemed for men. ![]() This book covers a lot of ground, but somehow manages to make every character feel real, with the reader becoming fully invested in each story. And along the way, there's also Henry, Bill, James, Monique, and others who show the many fronts of this fight from spies and saboteurs to paratroopers and tank drivers to soldiers and medics. Then there's 11-year-old Samira, whose mother is part of the French resistance but who experiences doubt from Frenchmen who believe their Algerian roots make them care less about France's freedom. alongside his best friend, a Jewish boy determined to kill every German he sees. ![]() ![]() There's 16-year-old Dee, who is secretly a German refugee now fighting for the U.S. Covering a 24-hour period, this book follows the lives of numerous characters as they traverse northern France on D-Day. ![]()
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