The armies rise from the ground in the night and seem to disappear without a trace. The dead of this war and wars past are coming back to life, impervious to bullets, flames, or anything else the Allies can throw at them. In this thrilling historical adventure set during World War II, Steve Rogers (AKA Captain America) and his young sidekick, Bucky Barnes, encounter threat like none they've ever seen - a Ghost Army. Readers more familiar with the Marvel movie version of Bucky might take a while to acclimate to this young Buck, but the thrill of the story will have them frantically flipping pages till the exciting cliffhanger ending.From #1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Gratz ( Refugee, Ground Zero) comes an all-new, original Captain America graphic novel! Can Cap and Bucky stop him before he turns the tides of the war, or worse, destroys the world? Gratz, a well-known author of historical fiction, works facts in with the flashy fiction: America’s “Ghost Army” was a real top-secret deception unit tasked with pulling the wool over the eyes of the Axis. The secret behind who’s controlling these specters (and how to stop the dead from killing the living) lies at Wundagore Castle, where Baron Mordo’s dark magic has created a ghost machine capable of awakening spirits…and summoning something even more dangerous. As they settle around the fire, they suddenly find themselves in a real ghost story-the spirits of the German soldiers from their recent battle have risen from the dead and are on the attack. Their position thankfully maintained, Cap, Bucky, and the troops make camp, but little do they know they’re in for a ghastly surprise. With the Nazis retreating, Cap and his compatriots are shocked to find the amassing American troops are just a few soldiers and jeeps with speakers, a “ghost army” of artists who dupe the enemies with smoke and noise. With reinforcements nowhere nearby, the duo is flailing-until they hear the American cavalry rolling in. Gr 5 Up–It’s World War II, and readers join Captain America and sidekick Bucky Barnes on the Eastern Front, surrounded by Nazi forces, struggling to help the British hold their position.
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