Front Lines, Michael Grant
Front Lines, Michael Grant
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Front Lines

Author: Michael Grant

Narrator: Erin Mallon, Therese Plummer

Unabridged: 11 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 01/26/2016

Synopsis

Perfect for fans of The Book Thief and Code Name Verity, New York Times bestselling author Michael Grant unleashes an epic, genre-bending, and transformative new series that reimagines World War II with girl soldiers fighting on the front lines.World War II, 1942. A court decision makes women subject to the draft and eligible for service. The unproven American army is going up against the greatest fighting force ever assembled, the armed forces of Nazi Germany.Three girls sign up to fight. Rio Richlin, Frangie Marr, and Rainy Schulterman are average girls, girls with dreams and aspirations, at the start of their lives, at the start of their loves. Each has her own reasons for volunteering: Rio fights to honor her sister; Frangie needs money for her family; Rainy wants to kill Germans. For the first time they leave behind their homes and families—to go to war.These three daring young women will play their parts in the war to defeat evil and save the human race. As the fate of the world hangs in the balance, they will discover the roles that define them on the front lines. They will fight the greatest war the world has ever known.

About Michael Grant

Michael Grant, author of the Gone series, the Messenger of Fear series, the Magnificent Twelve series, and the Front Lines trilogy, has spent much of his life on the move. Raised in a military family, he attended ten schools in five states, as well as three schools in France. Even as an adult he kept moving, and in fact he became a writer in part because it was one of the few jobs that wouldn’t tie him down. His fondest dream is to spend a year circumnavigating the globe and visiting every continent. Yes, even Antarctica. He lives in California with his wife, Katherine Applegate, with whom he cowrote the wildly popular Animorphs series. You can visit him online at www.themichaelgrant.com and follow him on Twitter @MichaelGrantBks.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lindsay on December 16, 2015

There are no words for how incredible this novel was. But I'll do my best to try and describe it. In one word, FRONT LINES was captivating. I started this book 2 days ago, and even as I put it down each night (around 1 am, with my husband already long asleep beside me), I couldn't shut off my mind, s......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on June 17, 2017

With such a captivating premise, Front Lines already stands out in the YA genre. After reading the novel, I can firmly say this is one of my favorite reads as of recent. In an alternate history, women are allowed to fight and be drafted in World War II. Front Lines follows three women in the army, an......more

Goodreads review by Maria Angelica on October 25, 2016

Sim, eu AMEI esse livro. Depois de terminar eu cheguei à conclusão que eu adoro estórias de guerra. Se você também gosta, definitivamente precisará ler esse livro. O começo do livro é mais lento e pode cansar os mais fanáticos por ação intensa, mas foi absolutamente necessário para construir as três......more

Goodreads review by Camilla on September 12, 2020

"Now I know why they never let women fight wars," Sergeant Garaman says. "Too mean." Front Lines is a historical fiction with a little twist: here, the United States took women to fight in World War II. Our protagonists have different motivations to be Army volunteers and each one of them deals......more

Goodreads review by Mike (the Paladin) on April 26, 2016

I considered adding this to my action shelf also, but the action part of the read doesn't kick in until the last third or so of the book. That said I was also a little torn between 4 and 5 stars but finally settled on 5 stars. So far as this being "alternate history" the only real "alternate" part is......more

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