This action-packed novel tackles themes both timely and timeless: courage, survival, and the quest for home — as John Green put it, “A gripping, visceral, and hold-your-breath intense story of three young refugees.”
Josef is a Jewish boy in 1930s Nazi Germany, boarding a ship for the other side of the world with his family as the threat of the concentration camps closes in. Isabel is a Cuban girl in 1994, setting out on a raft with her family in search of safety in America as riots and unrest tear through her country. Mahmoud is a Syrian boy in 2015, beginning a long trek toward Europe with his family as his homeland is destroyed by violence. Each of the three children faces a harrowing journey and unimaginable dangers, from drownings to bombings to betrayals, yet each also carries the hope of a better tomorrow — and though continents and decades separate Josef, Isabel and Mahmoud, their stories turn out to be connected in ways none of them could expect.
MORE PRAISE FOR REFUGEE “This heart-stopping novel is not only compelling – it is necessary.” – Judy Blundell, National Book Award winning author of What I Saw and How I Lied “Filled with both tragic loss and ample evidence of resilience, these memorable and tightly plotted stories contextualize and give voice to current refugee crises” – Publisher’s Weekly “A stunning, poignant novel about the plight of refugees… Grade A.” – Entertainment Weekly
ISBN 13: 9781407184326
Author: Alan Gratz
