A review by panda_incognito
D-Day: Battle on the Beach by Kate Messner

3.0

This well-researched chapter book covers D-Day from the perspective of a Black GI, a Jewish boy in hiding, and Ranger, the time-traveling rescue dog in this series. I expected to love this, since I'm so invested in World War II, but I didn't like it as much as some of the other books. The story stretched thin over the two unrelated human characters and their stories, and I think this would have been better if the author had chosen just one of them to write about.

The historical note is excellent, and it provides helpful, little-known context about the achievements and sacrifices of Black soldiers in World War II and on D-Day in particular.