Refugee [electronic resource]. Alan Gratz.
The award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling novel from Alan Gratz tells the timely—and timeless—story of three different kids seeking refuge. A New York Times bestseller! JOSEF is a Jewish boy living 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 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 kids go on harrowing journeys in search of refuge. All will face unimaginable dangers — from drownings to bombings to betrayals. But there is always the hope of tomorrow . And although Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud are separated by continents and decades, shocking connections will tie their stories together in the end. As powerful and poignant as it is action-packed and page-turning, this highly acclaimed novel has been on the New York Times bestseller list for more than four years and continues to change readers' lives with its meaningful takes on survival, courage, and the quest for home.
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Record details
- ISBN: 9780545880879
- Physical Description: 1 online resource
Content descriptions
Target Audience Note: | Text Difficulty 3 - Text Difficulty 4 MG/Middle grades (4th-8th) 5.3 ATOS Level 800 Lexile. |
Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. New York: Scholastic Press, 2017. Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser. |
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Subject: | Juvenile Fiction. Historical Fiction. Juvenile Literature. |
Genre: | Electronic books. |