{"id":95139,"date":"2025-06-18T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readingmiddlegrade.com\/?p=95139"},"modified":"2025-06-25T10:15:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T14:15:40","slug":"refugee-by-alan-gratz-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readingmiddlegrade.com\/refugee-by-alan-gratz-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Review | Refugee by Alan Gratz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Refugee<\/h2><\/div>
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A riveting exploration of the harrowing journey most refugees make to find safety.<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Summary: Refugee<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud are three kids living in the 1940s, 1990s, and 2015, respectively. They are also all refugees trying to escape their homes in search of a better life. Josef is a Jew fleeing Germany with his family, Isabel is leaving Cuba via boat to Miami, and Mahmoud and his family are fleeing Syria amidst the civil unrest. But will they make it to safety?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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REFUGEE Novel Unit<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A comprehensive resource for teaching Alan Gratz’s award-winning novel, Refugee<\/em>. This novel unit features a 3-week lesson plan<\/strong> with chapter-by-chapter discussion questions, daily lesson slides, student resources, and weekly assessments<\/strong>. Teach vocabulary, point-of-view, literary devices, writing, character analysis, and so much more with this all-in-one plug-and-play resource<\/strong>. Available digitally and as a printable PDF, and includes a handy Student Notebook to keep all student activities in one place. Each purchase comes with complimentary one-month access to Reading Middle Grade’s Patreon community<\/a> on THE EDUCATOR tier. Our\u00a0<\/em>Refugee novel unit was created in line with Common Core standards by Afoma Umesi, founder of Reading Middle Grade, and Evelyn Khoo-Schwartz, a fifth-grade teacher-librarian in the US.<\/em> TRY THE FIRST LESSON FREE<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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