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Alan Gratz’s critically acclaimed 2017 historical novel Refugee follows the stories of three child refugees from real international crises: Josef, escaping 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, fleeing Cuba in 1994 on a leaky boat; and Mahmoud, bombed out of his home in Aleppo, Syria, in 2015
. A New York Times Bestseller, Refugee has won numerous awards and honors, including the American Library Association YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults award, the Jewish Book Council Award, and the Charlotte Huck Award from the National Council of Teachers of English.Read the full book summary, the full book analysis, and explanations of important quotes from Refugee.