I Want to Read It (68): Refugee

I Want to Read It, a hybrid between WLW (or WOW) and what's on my to-be-read pile. Well, instead of focusing just on books I would like to acquire, I will be using it to feature books that I just want to read. From the ones, I want to buy to the one's sitting on my TBR at home.

Refugee by Alan Gratz, July 25, 2017. Published by Scholastic. Source: Wishlist.

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, their stories will tie together in the end.

Why

There are really no good words to sum up why I am interested in reading Refugee. But I am interested in reading about Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud, as well, as their stories as they set out from the danger of their homelands to find freedom and a new start. I have immensely enjoyed all of Alan Gratz's books that I have read, so I, of course, am excited to read yet another one of his books. 

Have you read Alan Gratz's work before? If so, what's your favorite book of his (or which one are you wanting to read)?