Book review on refugee

Book review on Refugee

Title: Refugee                                         Author: Alan Gratz

The book was about three children called Josef who is 13 and lives in Germany tries to escape to Cuba, Isabel who is 11 and lives in Cuba tries to escape to America and Mahmoud who is 12 lives in Syria tries to escape to Germany. They are all refugees that are trying to escape their country!

I think the three way story line was cool because they overlapped like Mahmoud ends up living with Ruthie ( Josef’s sister ) for a bit. Also the fact that Lito ( Isabel's grandfather ) turned the boat away that Josef was in ( the St Louis ). All the story lines also had similarities like Mahmoud is trying to escape to Josef’s home country who is trying to escape to Isabel’s home country. It was also interesting how the story lines were set in different times.

The low part was there were a lot of cliffhangers at the end if the novel like the mystery of Hana, what happened to Josef’s father and what happened after Mahmouds family finishes living with Ruthie. I really want there to be a Refugee 2 so that the mysteries are solved. The author also left us hanging after nearly every chapter like when “the rubber dingy popped and Mahmoud fell into the sea”.

I think that the best part of the story was when in Mahmoud's chapter it explained what happened in Josef’s chapter because were it ended didn’t sound like it should have.

I recommend this story for people who are 10-20. Also for people who like action packed stories