🌍Refugee by Alan Gratz. Author: Alan Gratz. ⭐ First printing — July 2017 Scholastic paperback. Publisher: Scholastic Press, 2017. ✍️ A gripping and empathetic YA novel following three young refugees—Josef (1930s Germany), Isabel (1990s Cuba), and Mahmoud (2015 Syria)—whose stories converge in powerful ways.