Author of Easy Read YA and Hi/Low MG Books
Refugee
Description:
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.
Reader's Review:
An excellent book that weaves the stories of three children and their families, all refugees at different times and in different parts of the world, and shows how they are all related in many ways. It is a commentary on the plight of refugees through the ages and around the world, looking for somewhere to call home and be accepted as human beings.This is a very good read for young people to better understand others, i.e., kind of a "walk in my shoes" type of messages.
