Alan Gratz 6 Books Collection Set (Allies, Two Degrees, Grenade, Refugee, Ground Zero & Heroes)

Alan Gratz 6 Books Collection Set by Alan Gratz brings together six titles by the same author. This is a 6-book collection featuring Allies, Two Degrees, Grenade, Refugee, Ground Zero and Heroes.

Included titles

• Allies
• Two Degrees
• Grenade
• Refugee
• Ground Zero
• Heroes

Key details

• 6-book collection set
• All titles written by Alan Gratz
• Includes Allies, Two Degrees, Grenade, Refugee, Ground Zero and Heroes
• Set features stories set across multiple dates and locations

Synopses

Heroes

Set around December 6–7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, this story follows best friends Frank and Stanley as their world changes overnight. As they try to make their way home during the events of the day, Stanley faces prejudice connected to his Japanese American family background, while Frank struggles to understand what is happening.

Allies

Centred on D-Day, June 6, 1944, this book describes a vast military operation built on global cooperation against Hitler and the Axis powers. It highlights how people, including children, played their part, from young US soldiers in landing boats to spies in the French countryside, as thousands coordinated their efforts.

Two Degrees

This story brings together three natural disasters: fire, flood and ice. It follows three children who must fight to survive while trying to change things for the better.

Grenade

In 1945 on the island of Okinawa, Hideki is drafted into the Japanese army as the Second World War reaches his home. Given a grenade and strict instructions, he is sent into conflict as an American Marine named Ray lands on Okinawa for his first battle, facing an enemy he believes could be anywhere.

Refugee

This book follows three children on dangerous journeys in search of safety. Josef is a Jewish boy in 1930s Nazi Germany whose family boards a ship to escape the threat of concentration camps; Isabel leaves Cuba in 1994 amid riots and unrest; and Mahmoud flees Syria in 2015 as violence and destruction tear his homeland apart.

Ground Zero

On September 11, 2001 in New York City, Brandon is on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center when an aeroplane hits the tower, leaving him in a terrifying struggle to survive and escape. On September 11, 2020 in Afghanistan, Reshmina encounters a wounded American soldier, Taz, after fighting erupts in her village, forcing her to decide whether to help him despite the danger to herself and her family.