Forever Searching for Refuge

A Timely, yet Timeless Situation

Alan Gratz is the bestselling author of a number of novels for young readers.

His 2017 novel, Refugee, has spent more than two years on the New York Times bestseller list.

For those of us who live in a place of relative comfort, safety and opportunities, our understanding of the challenges of life without these basic human rights can only be gained through the recorded experiences of those who have been forced to live without them.

The news media touches the superficial aspects of such lives. Their short articles are frequently written to focus on a specific call for help - often the situation but not the individual.

The search for safe refuge, a place to live where the freedoms of whatever culture are recognised and achievable, has stretched across centuries. The struggle is repeated decade after decade, century after century. Does humanity never learn from its past?

Alan Gratz, in his book, Refugee, tackles this situation that is both timely and timeless. Through three short stories that span countries and eras, he takes us on the grueling journeys of three different characters. The characters and their families, although in vastly different situations, all pursue refuge and are driven by the hope embedded in their dreams.

This book is also available as an audiobook.

Lesley Johnson has taught for 30 years. The facilitation of an ICTPD cluster nurtured her three passions: Literacy, ICT tools and Thinking Strategies. She now runs her online business, Read Think Learn, providing online literacy resources that promote higher order thinking.

For more information, please visit: www.readthinklearn.com

Title: Refugee

Author: Alan Gratz

Publisher: Scholastic

Audiobook: Audible

Free PDF: https://www.d-pdf.com/ book/1443/read

ISBN13: 9781407184326