R�fugi�s by Alan Gratz

R�fugi�s by Alan Gratz

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Josef est un gar on juif vivant en Allemagne nazie, dans les ann es 1930. Alors que la menace des camps de concentration p se sur les Juifs, sa famille et lui amorcent un p riple en bateau qui les m nera l'autre bout du monde...

Isabel est une jeune cubaine. En 1994, quand les meutes et les violences prennent d'assaut son le, sa famille et elle montent bord d'un radeau en direction des tats-Unis, o ils esp rent trouver la s curit ...

Mahmoud vit en Syrie. En 2015, alors que son pays est d chir par la violence et la destruction, sa famille et lui entament un long parcours vers l'Europe...

Les trois jeunes risquent leur vie la recherche d'un refuge et devront faire face des dangers inimaginables. Mais ils gardent toujours espoir pour leur futur. Et malgr le fait que Josef, Isabel et Mahmoud soient s par s par des continents et des d cennies, les lecteurs trouveront dans leurs parcours et leurs histoires des liens ind niables.

Ce roman d bordant d'action s'attaque des sujets d'actualit tels que le courage, la survie et l' migration

Josef is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world...

Isabel is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America...

Mahmoud is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek toward Europe ...

All three kids go on harrowing journeys in search of refuge. All will face unimaginable dangers -- from drownings to bombings to betrayals. But there is always the hope of tomorrow. And although Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud are separated by continents and decades, shocking connections will tie their stories together in the end.

This action-packed novel tackles topics both timely and timeless: courage, survival, and the quest for home.

Original title: Refugee

Alan Gratz grew up in the Knoxville, Tennessee area. He attended the University of Tennessee, where he got a College Scholars degree with a focus in creative writing and then a Master's degree in English education, after a carefree yet hot childhood. Alan has taught middle schoolers catapult building, written over 6,000 radio ads, and spoken at a Czech university in addition to authoring plays, magazine articles, and a few episodes of A&E's City Confidential. Alan currently resides in the high country of western North Carolina with his wife Wendi and daughter Jo, where he enjoys reading, eating pizza, and, not surprisingly, watching baseball.