Refugee

By Alan Gratz

Refugee - Alan Gratz
  • Release Date: 2017-07-25
  • Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction for Kids
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 508 Ratings

Description

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.

Reviews

  • Amazing!!!

    5
    By TRUE reviews ✨
    This book is truly amazing. I was never that interested in reading but when I read Refugee, I just couldn’t put it down. I loved the cliffhangers, different pov’s, and problems it just made the book even better. I loved how I felt the emotions the characters were feeling and going through. I would definitely recommend. This is one of the best books I have ever read. 😁
  • Great Book!

    5
    By crippeth
    great cliffhangers great book! i recommend
  • OMG!!!

    5
    By laurennnnnn 🤪✨
    this is the best book i have ever read in my entire life. its made me feel happy, its made me laugh, and it especially has made me cry. this book has three incredible stories that all tie in together. i remember reading this in the 6th grade and i instantly fell in love with it. im usually not a fan of reading books, however this book is so good and i really enjoy reading it.
  • THIS BOOK IS SO GOOD

    5
    By Froghopper The HiveWing
    I love this book and Alan Gratz is my second favorite author, it's so interesting Also Taiwastkn, bruh
  • 🤮

    1
    By taiwastkn
    The only reason I didn’t like this book is because I had to read it for school
  • Such a good book!

    5
    By THE BEST REVEIW EVR
    I love this book even tho i’m a fourth grader the book is still so good the author is my favorite and i’ve wanted to read this book for a long time and finally my mom bought it!
  • Good

    5
    By Deeznuts_master_69
    It’s my favorite book lol 😄🤣🤣👀🎶👀🎶
  • Good book but kind of confusing

    3
    By Blitz127348
    It was a great book over all. But the constant switching of perspectives made it very hard to get interested in one story.
  • Beautiful book

    5
    By mason (STAF)EpicGamer
    I’m in the sevenths grade and I love this book. It can get confusing at times when you’re not paying attention to who the chapter is talking about but once you get used to it after three or four chapters it’s one of the best books you’ll ever read. At times it can be very sad and at times it can be very heartwarming. To the people who have the privilege to read this book we were fortunate that we are not in different harsh time and situations like these three children.
  • Refugee

    5
    By Zzyxxzzyxx
    This book was amazing!!! It was hard to put down. The end of the book was soooooooooo good I wanted to read it a million times! I totally recommend this book! I am in 4th grade and it was a bit scary to me when Josefs dad mentioned the concentration camp stuff but other than that it is truly remarkable to see how Josef, Isabel and Mahmoud all were in different times and managed to survive hard times!! (Even though Josef died in a conservation camp). Alan Gratz is an amazing author!!!