Refugee

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. Free Read Books Refugee by Alan Gratz – kino-fada.fr 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 Gratz s magnificent work This book will speak for itself through rave reviews 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 ...Every ignorant adult should read this, and then slap themselves across the face SUCH an important read right now and Alan Gratz told it so brilliantly Young enough for me to lend to my friend s 9yo, and powerful enough for him to take it seriously. Thank you to Scholastic and Edelweiss for the digital galley of this title all opinions are my own. REFUGEE is hands down the most important upper middle grade book of the year It is the MUST READ read aloud title for every single middle school teacher this coming 2017 2018 school year, and I don t say that lightly given that I read so so so many books If WISHTREE by Katherine Applegate is my required read aloud for grades 1 4, then REFUGEE is assigned for grades 5 8 Gratz weaves three refu Thank you to Scholastic and Edelweiss for the digital galley of this title all opinions are my own. REFUGEE is hands down the most important upper middle grade book of the year It is the MUST READ read aloud title for every single middle school teacher this coming 2017 2018 school year, and I don t say that lightly given that I read so so so many books If WISHTREE by Katherine Applegate is my required read aloud for grades 1 4, then REFUGEE is assigned for grades 5 8 Gratz weaves three refugee stories expertly in this tale, leaving readers racing to figure out how they are connected in the end Josef is escaping Nazi Germany in the 1930s, Isabel is leavi...Like RJ Palacio s Wonder, this book should be mandatory reading for middle school age kids in America, teaching about the horrific plight of refugees There are three separate stories told, each of which is sufficient to evoke empathy from readers Josef and his family in 1939 Jews trying to escape Hitler s Europe , Isabel and her family in 1994 Cubans trying to escape Castro , and Mahmoud and h...This book was brutal I will not be forgetting it anytime soon I need a few days to think on this one to even figure out how to review it I would highly recommend this book but it does not tread lightly ...I was hesitant going into this one because I wasn t sure how the 3 MC stories would tie together Unfortunately, my fears were confirmed While I admire Gratz s attempt at penning a engaging read about a crucially important topic, I found the format to be disjointed underwhelming The short chapters made it difficult to attach emotional bonds to the MCs their families I like the fact that Gratz chose completely different timelines for them Josef 1938 Isabel 1994 Mahmoud 2015 I was hesitant going into this one because I wasn t sure how the 3 MC stories would tie together Unfortunately, my fears were confirm...5 5 Wow Review to come.4.5 stars Powerful story of the refugee experience throughout time A book that will build empathy I appreciated the short chapters alternating between the three different characters time periods that built suspense and created parallels in the stories.I 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 i...

• 22 January 2018
Alan Gratz
• Kindle Edition
• 352 pages
• Alan Gratz
• Refugee