Refugee

By Alan Gratz

Recommended Audience: Upper Middle School

Opinion: STRONGLY recommend- I LOVED this book it’s a page turner

Rating: 10/10

Synopsis: This book talks about three kids in different years: Josef in Berlin, Germany, Isabel in Havana, Cuba ,and Mahmoud in Aleppo, Syria. They all lived through tragic stories with mind-blowing journeys and experiences. The book ends with the all of the characters finding a connection with each other.

Lessons Learned: both sides in a war, struggle and suffer

Advisories: Some of the characters dance, they also mention some Jewish traditions, there is also a lot of gunfire and bloodshed, and one of the characters has a girlfriend but they don’t do anything inappropriate together.