Books In the Middle Podcast
Looking for booktalks for middle school students? Look no farther than this podcast. Browse through the many titles in all different genres for just the right title to get your students inspired, excited and racing to the library for a copy of the book. Looking for written reviews for more titles? Check out the blog Booksinthemiddle.Wordpress.com to expand your own library and give students more options. New episodes typically release every Monday, however during the summer months, they will release every other week or so. Enjoy!
Books In the Middle Podcast
Refugee by Alan Gratz (Historical Fiction)
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Tasha Squires
Refugee by Alan Gratz
Josef, Isabel and Mahmoud all have the same thing in common, even though they are separated by as much as seventy-six years. They are all fleeing their homelands because of awful things that are happening there.
For Josef, his family is Jewish, and after his father is taken away and put in prison in Germany, Josef and his mother and little sister are worried they might never see him again. They are desperate to find a safe place, but is anyplace safe for them in the world?
Recommended for grades 7 and up.