Refugee

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The work Refugee represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Culver-Union Township Public Library. 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-
• Gratz, Alan, 1972-

Author

• Gratz, Alan, 1972-

Subject

• trueSurvival
• true1930s -- 1930 -- 1939
• true1990s -- 1990 -- 1999
• true2010s -- 2010 -- 2019
• trueCuba -- History -- 20th century
• Emigration and immigration -- Fiction
• trueGermany -- History -- 1918-1945
• trueHistorical fiction
• trueImmigration and emigration
• JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories
• JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Military & Wars
• JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emigration & Immigration
• trueJewish boys
• Jewish refugees -- Juvenile fiction
• trueParallel narratives
• trueRefugees
• Refugees -- Cuba -- Juvenile fiction
• Refugees -- Fiction
• trueResilience (Personal quality)
• Refugees -- Syria -- Juvenile fiction
• trueSyria -- History -- 21st century
• Survival -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• trueHistorical fiction
• Juvenile fiction
• trueParallel narratives

Language

eng

Summary

Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy livng 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

Theme

• trueImmigrant experiences

Storyline

• trueIssue-oriented

Tone

• trueMoving
• trueSuspenseful
• trueSerious

Character

• trueCulturally diverse

Award

• Buckeye Children's Book Award (Ohio), Grades 6-8, 2018
• National Jewish Book Award, 2017.
• Sydney Taylor Book Award for Older Readers, 2018.
• YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2018.
• YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 2018.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• 800
• 800L

Intended audience source

• Lexile
• Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.G77224

LC item number

Re 2017

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800

Literary form

fiction

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

• 3
• 6

Target audience

pre adolescent