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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz comes a gripping, 80-page bonus story about D-Day that can be read alongside the novel Allies, or on its own!Samira Zidane lives in Nazi-occupied France during World War II...and she has a secret. She and her mother are spies for the underground resistance. They crack codes and trade messages that will help sabotage the Nazis' plans.When her mother is captured by enemy soldiers, Samira must travel through the war-torn countryside on a desperate and daring rescue mission.And today just happens to be D-Day: the pivotal moment when Allied soldiers are landing in France. Battles rage all around her, and Samira only has a small dog named Cyrano for company. Can she find a way to save her mother before time runs out?

《Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor》是Alan Gratz所著的一部青少年歷史小說，故事背景設定於1941年12月7日，日本軍隊突襲美國夏威夷珍珠港事件。小說的主角是13歲的Frank和他最好的朋友，美日混血的Stanley。當珍珠港遭到攻擊時，兩個少年聯手努力拯救被困的水手和船員，展現出非凡的勇氣與友情。儘管Stanley在軍中被視為英雄，因其雙重身份，在當時美國社會中卻面臨來自部分人的偏見和敵視，故事深刻探討戰爭中的人性光輝和陰暗面。這本書融合了豐富的歷史細節與冒險情節，讓讀者從少年的視角了解珍珠港事件的震撼與影響。適合9-12歲的青少年讀者，是理解二戰歷史及培養同理心的優質讀物。此書在紐約時報暢銷榜中長時間居於前三名，被列為2024年必讀的中年級小說。"Buckle up for Two Degrees, a Hollywood thriller of a book." - The New York Times A new book from Alan Gratz is a major publishing moment! The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Refugee and Ground Zero now takes a meaningful look at the attack on Pearl Harbor. December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley pretty much live in paradise. Their dads are Navy officers stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and the boys have a front-row view of the huge battleships and the sparkling water.But on December 7th, 1941, everything explodes. Over the course of the day, as the boys fight to make their way home, it's clear that everything has changed.Â

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz (Refugee, Ground Zero) comes an all-new, original Captain America graphic novel!In this thrilling historical adventure set during World War II, Steve Rogers (AKA Captain America) and his young sidekick, Bucky Barnes, encounter threat like none they've ever seen -- a Ghost Army. The dead of this war and wars past are coming back to life, impervious to bullets, flames, or anything else the Allies can throw at them. The armies rise from the ground in the night and seem to disappear without a trace.How can Cap and Buck fight something that's already dead? And just what does the mysterious Baron Mordo--sitting in his castle atop nearby Wundagore Mountain--have to do with this?Award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz merges the worlds of historical fiction and super hero comics in this one-of-a-kind graphic novel that is sure to be met with major enthusiasm from fans of all ages.

★緊湊驚悚的情節，搭配生動描寫，引發讀者對氣候變遷緊迫性的深刻思考。★作者Alan Gratz以扣人心弦的筆觸，將環境議題注入青少年小說，適合關注環境保護的年輕讀者。《Two Degrees》為美國暢銷作家Alan Gratz所著的中年級氣候變遷驚悚小說。書中同時講述了三位來自不同地區的孩子，如何在面對氣候變遷帶來的自然災害中奮力求生，並最終彼此相連，共同為地球的未來而戰。故事一開始發生在加州的阿基拉（Akira）與母親駕車穿越山區時，突如其來的野火迅速蔓延，他們必須立即撤離並尋找安全的出路。另一邊在加拿大馬尼托巴的歐文（Owen）與好友喬治（George）在當地從事北極熊生態導覽，但動物越來越頻繁出現，當他們遭遇母熊攔截後展開生死逃亡。第三條故事線聚焦佛羅里達邁阿密的娜塔莉（Natalie），當毀滅性的五級颶風襲擊城市，她被洪水沖出家門，必須與附近居民及一隻小狗一同抵抗風暴的威脅。這三個孩子的故事貫穿火災、冰雪與洪水三大氣候災難，展現氣候變遷日趨嚴峻的現實，同時揭示他們之間意想不到的聯繫。透過生動的情節和緊湊的節奏，作者帶領讀者體驗一場充滿緊張刺激的生存挑戰，並引發對環境議題的深刻反思。本書獲《New York Times》高度讚譽為「好萊塢式驚悚小說」，亦被《Publishers Weekly》評為「帶有強烈節奏感的生態故事」，《Kirkus Reviews》則稱其「帶來扣人心弦且緊迫的警醒訊息」。"Buckle up for Two Degrees, a Hollywood thriller of a book."- The New York TimesFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling Alan Gratz comes this must-read middle grade novel tackling the urgent topic of climate change.Fire. Flood. Ice. Three natural disasters.Three kids who must fight to survive and change things for the better.In California, Akira Kristiansen is driving through the mountai

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JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world . . . ISABEL is a Cuban girl in

JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world . . . ISABEL is a Cuban girl in

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