![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Minorities in the novel are labeled with nicknames commonly used in the 1940s ("Yid," "spade," "coon," "boy") that the author makes clear are offensive. The Nazis force women and children into a church and set it on fire. ![]() Soldiers are blown up by underwater mines, "obliterated" by mortar shells, and cut down by machine guns. The violence builds as the day unfolds and becomes constant, vividly recounted, and sometimes unexpected, as characters that readers have come to know are killed or wounded. The novel interweaves the stories of young soldiers (two American infantrymen, two paratroopers from Canada, an African American medic, and a member of a British tank crew) and two young French girls. This is D-Day, just as the invasion of France by Allied forces fighting against Nazi Germany is about to begin. Parents need to know that Alan Gratz's novel, Allies, takes place from dawn until after nightfall on June 6, 1944. To German soldiers, the French are all "Frogs," and American soldiers call Germans "Krauts." There's one use of "hell" and two of "damn."ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Language in your kid's entertainment guide. A Jewish soldier is called "Sid the Yid," a Cree Indian from Canada is "chief," and an African American has been called a "spade," "coon," and "boy" by white soldiers. Minorities in the novel are labeled with nicknames common in the 1940s that the author makes clear to readers are offensive and should never to be used. ![]()
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