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| Literary Awards: | Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominee (2019), Flicker Tale Children's Book Award for Fiction (2019), NCTE Charlotte Huck Honor Book (2018), Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2020) |
Alan Gratz
Kindle Edition | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 4.5 | 29284 Users | 5426 Reviews
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| Title | : | Refugee |
| Author | : | Alan Gratz |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | July 25th 2017 by Scholastic |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Childrens. Middle Grade. Fiction. Realistic Fiction |
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Three different kids. One mission in common: ESCAPE. Josef is a Jewish boy in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world… Isabel is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety and freedom in America… Mahmoud is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek toward Europe… All three young people will go on harrowing journeys in search of refuge. All will face unimaginable dangers–from drownings to bombings to betrayals. But for each of them, there is always the hope of tomorrow. And although Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud are separated by continents and decades, surprising connections will tie their stories together in the end.Rating Appertaining To Books Refugee
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Trigger warnings: refugee stories, war, bombings, violence, death, mental health, antisemitism, blood. Ow, my feelings. This book was pretty freaking phenomenal. It's either middle grade or early YA, and it tells the story of three children from different countries at different times, all of whom become refugees. Josef is growing up Jewish in Germany in 1939. Isabel is Cuban in 1994. And Mahmoud is Syrian in 2015. All three of them undergo different yet equally traumatic experiences. TheI couldn't stop reading this book. It was emotionally challenging to keep going at times, but I had become so invested in the journeys of the three main characters, each refugee children from different places in different eras, that I just had to keep going to find out what happened to them. As an ESL teacher who works with lots of refugee children, some parts were especially difficult to read knowing that my students had probably endured similar situations. There is a bit of a twist in the end.
While the subject matter of this book is compelling, I found the format a distraction. The super short chapters never let me stay with one narrative long enough to really emotionally connect with the characters. That being said, I think this book is important reading for 10-13 year olds. The tales of Jewish, Cuban and Syrian refugees are well told and insightful. Because the main characters are all children, it's a book that will help you younger readers understand the challenges and hardships
Although this book is aimed at young adults I would recommend it to every adult -- especially those in the USA. It is magnificent. Really, really good. It is smart and rich, emotional and real. The author has taken little tidbits of real stories and woven them into his fictional account of three young people who must escape their homelands. They must leave to keep their lives, and yet leaving subjects them at huge risk of dying.In 1939 Joseph, a Jewish boy living in Nazi Germany, is trying to
I love this book a lot it is in my top 3 favorite books, I love how it has 3 different sides and in some way all connect. I could recommend this book to anyone weather you like this genre or not. I think the ending in really surprising, I did not expect it at all. Love the style and how the book it set up.
Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend. It is 1939, and Joseph is a Jewish boy living in Nazi Germany. It is 1994, and Isabel is a Cuban girl whose country is plagued by civil unrest. It is 2015, and Mahmoud is a Syrian boy living in a war-torn country. All three depart from their homeland and make a perilous journey in search of refuge. Very little needs to be said of Gratzs magnificent work. This book will speak for itself through rave reviews
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