Refugee

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The work Refugee represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City Libraries, City of Gold Coast. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

Refugee

Statement of responsibility

Alan Gratz

Creator

• trueGratz, Alan, 1972-

Author

• trueGratz, Alan, 1972-

Subject

• trueSyrian people
• trueSyria -- History -- 21st century
• Survival -- Juvenile fiction
• trueAsian people
• trueBoys
• trueCuba -- History -- 20th century
• Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction
• Fiction
• trueGermany -- History -- 1918-1945
• trueImmigration and emigration
• trueJewish boys
• trueJewish children
• Jewish refugees -- Juvenile fiction
• trueRefugees
• Refugees -- Cuba -- Juvenile fiction
• Refugees -- Juvenile fiction
• Refugees -- Syria -- Juvenile fiction
• trueResilience
• trueResilience (Personal quality)
• trueSurvival
• trueSouthwest Asian (Middle Eastern) people
• Young adult fiction

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• Young adult fiction

Language

eng

Summary

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

Storyline

• trueIssue-oriented

Tone

• trueSerious
• trueMoving
• trueSuspenseful

Character

• trueSouthwest Asian and North African (Middle Eastern)
• trueCulturally diverse

Award

• Buckeye Children's Book Award (Ohio), Grades 6-8, 2018
• California Young Reader Medal, Middle School, 2020.
• Flicker Tale Children's Book Award (North Dakota) for Juvenile Fiction, 2019.
• Golden Archer Awards (Wisconsin): Middle/Jr. High, 2020.
• Grand Canyon Reader Award (Arizona), Tween Book Category, 2020.
• Isinglass Teen Read Award (New Hampshire), 2020.
• Maine Student Book Award, 2019.
• Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award (Minnesota), Division II (Grades 6-8), 2020.
• National Jewish Book Award, 2017.
• North Carolina Children's Book Award, Junior Books category, 2019.
• Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards, Grades 6-8, 2019.
• Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award (Illinois), 2020.
• Sequoyah Book Awards (Oklahoma), Intermediate Books, 2019.
• Sydney Taylor Book Award for Older Readers, 2018.
• YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2018.
• YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 2018.
• Young Hoosier Book Award, Middle Books, 2020.
• Young Reader's Choice Award (Pacific Northwest), Junior, 2020.

Dewey number

813.6

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 3
• 6

Target audience

adolescent