Author: alangratz

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 … violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek toward Europe . . .All three kids go on…

You’re Never Too Young to Fight Censorship! In Ban This Book by Alan Gratz, a fourth grader fights back when From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg is challenged by a well-meaning parent and taken off the shelves of her school library. Amy Anne is shy and soft-spoken, but don’t mess with her when it comes to her favorite book in the whole world. Amy Anne and her … book in the whole world. Amy Anne and her lieutenants wage a battle for the books that will make you laugh and pump your fists…

With more than 6,500 five-star ratings on Goodreads: Young Yanek struggles to survive in a series of Nazi concentration camps as he witnesses despair and fleeting moments of hope. Based on a true story, this is “a bone-chilling tale not to be ignored” (Kirkus Reviews).