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Alan GratzProjekt 1065
Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Introduction
Projekt 1065
- Genre: Fiction; middle grade historical fiction
- Originally Published: 2016
- Reading Level/Interest: Lexile 780L; grades 6-9
- Structure/Length: 101 chapters; approx. 320 pages; approx. 7 hours on audio
- Protagonist and Central Conflict: In the throes of World War II, 13-year-old Michael O’Shaunessey, the son of the Irish ambassador to Nazi Germany, joins his parents’ second vocation early and becomes a spy. Michael embeds himself in the Hitler Youth, where he delves deeper than he ever wanted to glean essential information that he hopes will aid the Allied forces.
- Potential Sensitivity Issues: Nazism; Hitler Youth; anti-Semitic violence
Alan Gratz, Author
- Bio: Born 1972; holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Tennessee, based in his native city of Knoxville; married with one child; currently lives in the mountains of North Carolina; member of the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame; Malka Penn Award for Human Rights Honor (2017) for his novel Refugee
- Other Works: Prisoner B-3087 (2013); Refugee (2017); Ground Zero (2021); Two Degrees (2022)
CENTRAL THEMES connected and noted throughout this Teaching Unit:
- Sacrifice of the Individual for the Greater Good
- The Role of Children in War
- The Power of Fear, and the Greater Power of Overcoming It
STUDY OBJECTIVES: In accomplishing the components of this Unit, students will:
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