But Samira’s family are subject to discrimination in France because they are natives of Algeria, a French colony that longs for its independence. If they screwed it up, the world would never be the same.” Allies takes place during a 24-hour period on and around Omaha Beach, the bloodiest battle of the day, and follows the experiences of a diverse group of young people.Įleven-year-old Samira and her mother are members of the French Resistance, brave patriots who disrupt Nazi operations by any means available - from carrying secret messages to cutting communication lines, derailing transport trains, and blowing up bridges. Dee got goose bumps just thinking about it. Maybe the most important day in all of human history. “The most important day of the Second World War. Army private aboard a transport ship heading for the coast of Normandy, France, in the early hours of June 6, 1944. The novel opens and closes with 16-year-old Dee Carpenter, a U.S. He hopes that serving alongside white soldiers will help ease racial intolerance.In Allies, his latest novel for young readers, New York Times bestselling author and Knoxville native Alan Gratz returns to a favorite subject: World War II depicted through the eyes of the young people who lived it. Henry, too, experiences discrimination from his fellow Allies because of his race at numerous points throughout the book. It was the Jew who got in trouble, not the other guy” (10). They’d seen it happen again and again in basic training. For example, Sid is called a Jewish slur in Chapter 1, and Dee remembers grimly that “ knew what happened when a Jewish guy punched somebody for insulting him. However, Gratz portrays American troops taunting and mistreating minorities as well. For example, Dee’s friend Sid is an American Jew whose heritage makes him especially enraged by what is happening to Jews in Europe. This discrimination is one that the characters are aware of and that helps motivate them to fight against the Nazis.
The largest and most profound discrimination is that of the Nazis against Jews and other peoples throughout their occupied territories.
Gratz examines the discrimination experienced by various perspectives in Allies.
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