He and his fellow troops improvise an attack on a compound of buildings being held by the Nazis, and he distinguishes himself in the effort. James McKay is a 19-year-old Canadian paratrooper whose unit lands off-target from their destination. After the Nazis capture her mother, Samira helps the resistance fighters derail a Nazi train. She helps her mother deliver a message about the upcoming invasion to the French resistance fighters who are trying to sabotage the Nazis. Samira Zadine is an 11-year-old Algerian immigrant who came to France with her parents. Dee has conflicting feelings about his heritage and worries about what his friends will think about him if they discover he’s German. Dee’s parents brought him to America after the Nazis captured his uncle. Dee is harboring a secret from his fellow soldiers: He was born in Germany and is still a German citizen. The book’s protagonist is Dee Carpenter, an American soldier from Philadelphia. This study guide refers to the Scholastic Press edition.Īllies follows six adolescent/teenage characters as they take part in the historic events of “D-Day”-June 6, 1944, the first day of the Ally forces invading German-occupied France.
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