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Refugee Alan Gratz Story

Three different kids. One mission in common: ESCAPE. 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.

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Josef Landau is a twelve-year-old kid living in Nazi Germany. On Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, seven Nazi Brownshirts (foot soldiers) strike his home.Six months after the fact, they get a wire: Josef's dad has been let out of the Dachau death camp, however the family should leave Germany in fourteen days or less.

Story -1 Josef / Berlin, Germany-1938

The passengers of the St. Louis celebrate, having been told that they will be divided between Belgium, the Netherlands, France, and England. Josef, his sister, and his mother are assigned to France.

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From the St. Louis, Josef can see Miami on the American coast and wonders why the United States will not let them in.

Stowing away with his mom and sister in a school in Vornay, France, Josef can hear gunfire and ordnance shells.When he sees a map of Europe, he contemplates the number of nations on the guide that have been involved by Germany. He hears Nazi foot soldiers moving toward the school and leads his mom and sister to a window.

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The fighters tell her that there is the right amount to save one of her kids. Josef understands that the officers are playing a brutal game: his mom should pick whether he or Ruth needs to go to an inhumane imprisonment.

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Story-2 Isabel / Just Outside Havana, Cuba-1994

Isabel Fernandez is an eleven-year-old young lady who lives right external Havana, Cuba. As Isabel takes care of a destitute feline, she ponders how virtually every one individuals in Cuba are starving, as well. After the fall of Soviet Russia in 1989, Cuba's economy fell

The seven travelers on the little boat kid about Fidel Castro and discuss their assumptions for America.Everyone on the boat is dejected. Isabel can't acknowledge that her dearest companion is dead. After Lito says a request, Isabel's dad and Iván's dad drop his body into the water..

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While the Coast Guard searchlight checks the boat, Isabel's mom says that the child is coming. Isabel watches the searchlight check the water, and it stops on another boat, a pontoon loaded with refugees.

Isabel and her family are taken in by Lito's sibling, Guillermo, who lives in Miami. Everybody from the boat has looked for a decent job and Isabel was in American school. Guillermo even gives her another trumpet.

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Mahmoud Bishara, a twelve-year-old kid, attempts to carry on with an "undetectable" life in Aleppo, Syria. Following four years of war, he has become suspicious, and his more youthful sibling, Waleed, no longer communicates emotions.They will venture out to Turkey in their vehicle and afterward offer the vehicle and travel to Germany, where displaced people are acknowledged.

Story-3 Mahmoud / Aleppo, Syria-2015

Mahmoud and his family hang tight in another displaced person camp for the boat to Athens.As Mahmoud and his family travel via train, they utilize the guides on their telephones to attempt to sort out the best spot to cross the line into Macedonia.

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Mahmoud and his family stay in Munich for four weeks before traveling to Berlin to stay with a host family. When they arrive in Berlin, Mahmoud looks at all of the large buildings and is pleased to see a park across from the host family’s home.

By the author

The author portrays the genuine occasions that enlivened every one of the tales. Chief Schroeder, Otto Schiendick, and the St. Louis were all genuine.  If you like this kind of interesting story, you  can try visiting ...