Mason Sheeley's Book Report on "Projekt 1065"

Name: Mason Sheeley

Title of Book: Projekt 1065

Author: Gratz, Alan

What was the problem in the book, and how was it solved? Be specific. Michael, the main character is a

spy for the allies, his father is the Irish Ambassador for Germany, and he sends important Nazi information

back to Ireland(which is unofficially part of the war effort). Michael becomes “friends” with a boy who needs

Michael just as much as Michael needs him. Fritz, the boy, has a father who is a lead engineer in Projekt 1065,

a plane that might win Hitler the war. Michael gets so close to having all the info, when Fritz is leaving to

assassinate a scientist that could make an atomic bomb. Michael turns his parents in for harboring a spy, and

Michael gets put on the special team with Fritz, and travels with them.  He then destroys the attempt and kills

Fritz, he then goes to the Irish embassy in Switzerland (a neutral country) and reunites with his parents, who

then travel to England to speak about Projekt 1065, and Michael then goes home.

What was the author's purpose or purposes in writing the book? Explain how you know.

Entertain, in the “Author's Notes” section, Gratz wrote the characters and plot are fake,

but the actual Projekt 1065 was real.

What did the title have to do with the book? Projekt 1065 was a top secret Nazi plan to make a plane

with no propeller and a jet engine, if deployed, Hitler would have conquered England, and maybe

won the war.

Tell in your own words how the setting of the story made it more interesting. Be specific.

Anything in Nazi Germany (1932-1945) is interesting, it just goes to show the demonic activities that

went on during Adolf Hitler’s regime as chancellor.

If one of the characters visited our classroom, what question would you ask them? (Make sure the

question relates to the plot/problem/actions of the story.) *Give the name of the character with the

question!!* If Fritz visited our classroom in his SRD Uniform, I would ask him why he believes in

Nazism

Pretend you are a librarian recommending the book to someone. Write a paragraph telling what you

would say.  This book is a must-read, it shows one boys determination to defeat the demon, and his

struggle to get a game-changer to be destroyed.  I thought that he wouldn’t have to kill anyone, but

he ended up ending one boy’s life.

If they made a movie of this book, which scene would be most important to include. Explain the

scene with details and why it's important. It would be important to include the Cable Car scene when

Fritz battles to the death, and falls off.  It shows that when you fall, you lose, like Nazi Germany, the

government fell, and lost. This scene would be important to add because it would represent the fall

of the Third Reich.