Resist: A Story of D-Day
a Story of D-Day
64 pages · Released Sep 1, 2020 · Scholastic Inc.
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This is a short, age-appropriate World War II novella by a bestselling author known for writing accessible historical fiction for middle-grade readers. While it involves wartime danger and a rescue mission during D-Day, violence is implied rather than graphic, and the focus remains on a brave young protagonist's courage and resourcefulness. The book emphasizes positive values like bravery, loyalty, and resistance to injustice without graphic depictions of combat or gore.
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From Alan Gratz, bestselling author of Refugee and Allies, comes an original novella--in ebook! In Allies, Alan Gratz's thrilling novel of D-Day, we met Samira, a young girl who is part of the underground French resistance during World War II. Samira cracks codes and trades secrets in order to sabotage the Nazis' plans... From Alan Gratz, bestselling author of Refugee and Allies, comes an original novella--in ebook! In Allies, Alan Gratz's thrilling novel of D-Day, we met Samira, a young girl who is part of the underground French resistance during World War II. Samira cracks codes and trades secrets in order to sabotage the Nazis' plans. In Resist, we delve deeper into Samira's story. Here, we follow Samira as she journeys through the Nazi-occupied French countryside, on a daring rescue mission to find her captured mother. Accompanied only by a loyal dog named Cyrano, Samira must rely on her courage and wits to avoid and outsmart the German forces. But it's D-Day, and with the Allied forces landing in Europe, fierce battles are raging all around. Can Samira reach her mother and save her in time? This action-packed World War II short story can be read before or after Allies--or entirely on its own!
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- Juvenile Fiction
- Adventure and adventurers, fiction
- Europe, history, fiction
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ISBN 9781338722734 · Scholastic Inc.