Theme Of Refugee By Alan Gratz

The Nazi soldier smiled at Josef’s mother. “You choose. Someone gets to survive and the other one has to die and go to the camps.

The book Refugee, by Alan Gratz, is A book to read- not just any book but one that will make you think. Throughout this book we meet 3 kids, Isabel, Mahmoud and Josef. All three of these kids have to leave their homes because of situations that have put them and their families lives in grave danger. These characters journey to safety and leave things and people behind on the way. All of these characters have had to leave their homes with hopes of finding somewhere safer.
Isabel is escaping Cuba in 1994 because her family does not agree with the politics and her father has committed a crime. In Cuba there are

Ruthie later on is able to help Mahmoud and his family with their situation. This scene shows the theme because Josef made a sacrifice so that his sister Ruthie would have the opportunity to help other people throughout the world. This is important because this is a vital point in the story. If Josef hadn’t made a sacrifice then his sister would never be able to help other people. Josef had to make this sacrifice because he was the man of the family and he cared so much about his little sister that he wanted her to have the opportunity to live and do something with her life. In Joseph's life he had to make sacrifices so that other people including his sister would have a better

Previously we learned that President Bill Clinton created a rule called Wet Feet, Dry Feet. This means that if the Coast Guard catches Isabel and her family at sea then they will be either sent back to Cuba or a refugee camp called Guantanamo. Lito tells his family that he loves them and then he jumps off the boat calling, “ help, help me, I am drowning”, so that the Coast guard will direct their attention towards him and his family will have more time to make it to Miami and be