And while the main focus is on the anticipated Allied invasion, the novel also introduces young readers to the important work of the French resistance and the dangers involved in that kind of work. It is the 18th novel in the I Survived series and like the 17 that came before it, it is an exciting novel that will not let readers down. I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 was written to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 2019. And now even Paul has a part to play in it. Leon called "the largest invasion by sea in the history of the world," is happening. At the moment, resistance fighters all over France are waiting for the code that will let them know the D-Day invasion, what Mr. Leon is still alive and working for the resistance, but so is his mother. Little does Paul realize that he has stumbled into a resistance hideout and that his life is about to change. So, imagine Paul's surprise when they are greeted at the castle by a man pointing a rifle at them.
The old, crumbling Castle Le Roc isn't a place anyone wants to be in, what with the all the stories that told about it, and Paul knows how to get there so the Nazis don't discover them. But now, the wounded Victor needs a safe place to hide and Paul knows just where to take him. But despite his fear, Paul climbs the tree and frees the American, whose name he learns is Sergeant Victor Lopez. Paul knows that helping this man is dangerous if the Nazis catch him, especially with Nazis soldiers nearby looking for the paratrooper. Leon, being pursued and shot by Nazi soldiers for being in the resistance, and he watched in horror as his hero sank into a river.īut just as he is beginning to lose hope, it's Paul's turn to be a hero when he discovers an American paratrooper caught in a tree and injured. Later, Paul had seen his favorite teacher, Mr. After France had fallen to the Nazis in 1940, his father had been arrested and sent to a German prison camp then his best friend Gerard and his family were arrested by the Nazis because they were Jewish and had disappeared. Living there in the town of Le Roc, Paul Colbert, 11, has waited and waited for the Allied Forces to come and rescue France from the hands of the Nazis and end the war.
In her latest book, Tarshis takes her readers to France's Normandy coast just before and after the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. With the same themes of courage and resilience the protagonist didn't realize they possessed, they become active participants in these events, providing the reader with an exciting fast-paced story and lots of historical background information. Lauren Tarshis's I Survived series has introduced young readers to a variety of significant, but scary events that have occurred in both recent and distant history through a young eyewitness protagonist.
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