ISBN: 0545880874 9780545880879

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories

Page count: 352

<b>The award-winning, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling novel from Alan Gratz tells the timely--and timeless--story of three different kids seeking refuge.</b><p></p><p><b>A <i>New York Times</i> bestseller!</b></p><p></p><p>JOSEF is a Jewish boy living 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...</p><p></p><p>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 in America...</p><p></p><p>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...</p><p></p><p>All three kids go on harrowing journeys in search of refuge. All will face unimaginable dangers -- from drownings to bombings to betrayals. But there is always the hope of <i>tomorrow</i>. And although Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud are separated by continents and decades, shocking connections will tie their stories together in the end.</p><p></p><p>As powerful and poignant as it is action-packed and page-turning, this highly acclaimed novel has been on the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller list for more than four years and continues to change readers' lives with its meaningful takes on survival, courage, and the quest for home. </p>