The Refugee By Alan Gratz

Can readers follow families in 1939, 1994, and 2015 as each one seeks to survive unbelievable circumstances in uncertain times? Alan Gratz gives us the chance in Refugee. We meet Josef and his family as they escape their homeland, Germany, and board the MS St. Louis heading for Cuba. Next, Isabel and her family board a small homemade boat built by their neighbors to travel to America. Their passage would have been refused if not for Isabel’s fast-thinking. She sold her prized trumpet to buy gas for the journey. Lastly, Mahmoud and his family of four are exiting Syria as quickly as possible after their apartment building was bombed. Will his family make it to Germany? Follow each family in different decades with different dilemmas as they struggle to move forward while striving to stay together. Mahmoud tried to stay invisible until he discovered… “If you were invisible, the bad people couldn’t hurt you, that was true. But the good people couldn't see you either.” Join Kate and Sheila as they dive into this beautiful weaving of three stories into a common thread of family, hope, and love. Please check out the Love Better podcast. It will enrich your life. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/loves-formula/id1662597316?i=1000627569498