Age Recommendation: Grade 7/8
Refugee is one of the most powerful books I have read in a long time. This book tells the stories of three refugees. Josef is a Jewish boy who flees Nazi Germany with his family in 1939. Isabel is a Cuban girl who escapes Cuba with her family and another in a homemade boat and Mahmoud is a Syrian boy trying to escape the civil war that has torn his country apart. As I read about the difficult journeys these three characters took in hopes of finding a better life for themselves, I learned new things about the events that forced them from their homes. The individual stories are page-turners, but Alan Gratz has also found a way to connect the three characters, making the book even more satisfying. I highly recommend this book.
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