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Alan Michael Gratz born January 27 1972 is the author of 17 novels for young adults including Prisoner B-3087 Code of Honor Grenade Something Rotten and Refugee. A tour de force from acclaimed author Alan Gratz Prisoner B-3087 this timely -- and timeless -- novel tells the powerful story of three different children seeking refugeA New York Times bestseller.

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Next is a Cuban girl in the 1990s who with her family and neighbors flees in a homemade raft to the.

. Isabel and her family leave Cuba on a raft in 1994. After loving Prisoner B-3087 absolutely hating Projekt 1065 and Newbery talk for Refugee I figured it was time for redemption. Josef is a Jewish boy whose family rushes to escape Nazi Germany in the 1930s.

Refugee by Alan Gratz Follow three distinct alternating stories about being displaced from your country on the run and in danger. Alan Gratz This timely piece of historical fiction follows three children facing harrowing circumstances. MTV Books Pocket Books A parent in McKinney asked the district to remove this coming-of-age novel because it includes descriptions of homosexuality date rape and masturbation.

In creative writing and a masters degree in English education both from the University of Tennessee Knoxville. Mahmouds family escapes Syria. This was redeeming enough to make me consider reading other Alan Gratz books in the future especially for the purpose of recommending them to students.

Gratz was born in Knoxville TennesseeHe holds a BA. With the threat of concentration camps looming he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world. Some kids prefer true stories -- history biography memoir science -- to made-up ones.

Josef is a Jewish boy living in Nazi Germany during World War II who boards a ship with his family under the terrifying threat of being sent to a concentration camp. JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. Gratz lives in Asheville North.

For kids whod rather read about how to code space exploration the layers of rock and vegetation in the Grand Canyon or the achievements of Alexander Hamilton than pick up a novel weve got a great list of titles to check out. Refugee by Alan Gratz. First is a young Jewish boy who escapes from Nazi Germany on a ship to Cuba only to be turned away from the Cuban port and sent back to Europe.

Three powerful narratives about the experiences of refugee youth combine to offer students an unparalleled perspective. Social Justice Books for Middle and High School Kids 16. For even more fact-filled choices check out our lists of Biographies.

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