Alan Gratz

 Who Is Alan Gratz?

Alan Gratz is an American author who has written quite a few books like Prisoner B-3087, Project 1065, Code of Honor, The Brooklyn Nine, Samurai Shortstop and many more. He is famous for writing books for high school students and young adults. He has also written plays and radio commercials plus he has written a few episodes of the documentary show City Confidential. He was born on 27 January 1972 and has one daughter named Jo and a wife named Wendy and a brother named John and he lives in Asheville North Carolina . His jobs are a writer and an author. After he graduated from the university of Tennessee in Knoxville with a B.A degree ( Bachelor of Arts) and a masters degree in English education.He was a news letter writer, high school teacher, library shelf stoker, advertising copy writer, university lecturer, book seller and radio commercial writer. After doing all these various projects he finally decided and became a qualified author of books for high school students. His exact age today is 49 years 5 months 22 weeks and 154 days. 

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What Other Books Has He Written? Do They Have Similarities?

• Prisoner B-3087:

Yanek (Jack) Gruener is a Jewish boy living in the 1930s when the Nazis invade and everything he loved and owned was taken from him and then he was made a prisoner. All this was based on a true story. Yes this book has some similarities and its based on a true story.

• Projekt 1065: 

Michael and his family used to help the injured Allied airmen to safety. And they sent Allied messages with the locations of the Nazis factories. When one of the boys from Michael’s Hittler Youth group gives him the plan for the Projekt 1065, a fighter jet which could change the path of the war. I think this has a little bit of similarity with Refugee.

• Code of Honor:

Code of Honor is not based on a true story or real people. The story starts when this Iranian American boy named Kamran Smith finds out that his little brother Darius is labeled a terrorist. So he is dragged into a government facility to file a court case that Darius is innocent and not guilty. This book has a little connection with Mahmoud but over all I don’t think this has any similarities with Refugee.

• The Brooklyn Nine:

This book has nine parts of nine successful children and their connection to Brooklyn and success in Baseball. They share the history of Baseball and all the heartaches and sacrifices made in Baseball. This book doesn't have any similarities however I did realize that one of the characters name is Schroeder, and there is also a character named Captain Schroeder in the Refugee book. 

• Samurai Shortstop: 

When Emperor Meiji changes the ancient Samurai traditions in the late 1800's, Toyo Shimada has to find a perfect balance between cultural customs, and Besuboru which is the sport he loves. Toyo is a 16 year old boy who loves to play baseball. But he is uneasy with the suicide of his most loved uncle Koji. This book overall doesn't have any similarities with Refugee. And this book is also partly fiction and partly non-fiction.  

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