Chattanooga Times Free Press: Alan Gratz's 'Ground Zero' contrasts terrors of 9/11 with a day in war-torn Afghanistan
"GROUND ZERO" by Alan Gratz (Scholastic Press, 336 pages, $18). In "Ground Zero," possibly his most heart-wrenching middle-grade book yet, Knoxville native Alan Gratz takes the shock, disorientation, ...
Alan Gratz's 'Ground Zero' contrasts terrors of 9/11 with a day in war-torn Afghanistan
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Alan is a masculine given name in the English and Breton languages. Its surname form is Aland. [2] There is consensus that in modern English and French, the name is derived from the nomadic Iranian people known as the Alans, who settled in Western Europe during the Migration Period. [3]
Learn about the name Alan including the meaning, gender, origin, popularity, and more.
Alan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "handsome, cheerful". Alan is the 167 ranked male name by popularity.
What does Alan mean? Alan as a boys' name is pronounced AL-an. It is of Old German origin, and the meaning of Alan is "precious". From Adal. Also possibly derived from the Gaelic "ailin" meaning "little rock". Introduced into England by Breton followers of William the Conqueror, such as Alan, Earl of Brittany, who was rewarded for his services with vast estates in the newly conquered kingdom ...
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There are multiple entries for this name… Alan 1 m English, Scottish, Breton, French, Polish Alan 2 m Kurdish