Reading Level: 6.1
Lexile: 800L
Genre: Historical Fiction
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.
This book is laid out with each chapter alternating between the 3 refugees and their stories. This may be confusing to some readers but they can read each characters chapters in sequence instead of reading the book cover to cover. I enjoyed the book and would highly recommend it to 5th graders and older.
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