Q. How old is Dee in the book allies?
16
Q. Is allies by Alan Gratz a true story?
Gratz (Refugee, 2017, etc.) weaves together fictionalized accounts of individual experiences of D-Day, the “beginning of the end of the Second World War.” The action begins just before dawn on June 6, 1944, and ends near midnight that same day.
Q. How many pages is resist by Alan Gratz?
64
Q. Is Projekt 1065 based on a true story?
Nope. All the history is real–about the Hitler Youth, and the Edelweiss Pirates, and Operation Paperclip, and Projekt 1065, and Irish diplomats being spies…but I made up Michael and Simon and Michael’s parents and the rest of the characters. Why is Projekt 1065 spelled with a “K”? It’s a typo!
Q. Who died in refugee the book?
Josef had died so Ruthie could live, and one day welcome Mahmoud and his family into her house.
Q. Does Mahmoud’s father die in refugee?
Josef had died so Ruthie could live, and one day welcome Mahmoud and his family into her house. Get the entire Refugee LitChart as a printable PDF.
Q. Where did Mahmoud go in refugee?
Mahmoud made it to a deserted island in Greece where he was picked up by another boat. From Greece he travelled to Macedonia and on to Hungary where he narrowly avoided the authorities; sleeping in woods for 12 hours before paying an agent to take him to the Austrian border.
Q. What happens to Isabel’s boat at the end of Chapter 14?
Senora Castillo had lost control of the boat, it ended up in the sand. Isabel then realized that she was on CNN, and the reporter had asked her what made Isabel decide to leave.
Q. Why does Mahmoud like to be invisible?
Mahmoud keeps this lesson in mind when he and his family are heading to Turkey. When Mahmoud and his mother are stranded in the water after their boat capsizes between Turkey and Greece, he feels so invisible that he thinks that if he were to drown no one would know that he is gone.
Q. What happens to Josef’s mother in his chapter?
Josef’s mother gets a job and Josef is allowed to go to school again. Germany invades France, but they are able to hide. Josef and Ruthie get jobs in the city and they are finally able to star their lives over again.
