Waitākere College

Book of the Week - Refugee by Alan Gratz


Read and recommended by Etta Bamborough
“The book Refugee explains war stories of 3 different people really well.  Though the time frames of these children’s wars are decades apart, some amazing connections are uncovered.”

Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.