A review by shgmclicious
Refugee by Alan Gratz

There were a few moments where I was taken out of the story because it was made too obvious that this was an American book for American readers, with lines that had no place in the actual character's stories (e.g. in Mahmoud's story, it all of a sudden says "x dollars in American money," which has no place in fiction). Overall, though, I thought this was a well crafted story, and what I thought I saw coming actually turned out not to be what was coming, so that was refreshing. Definitely a good middle grade read--I have no idea why some people are calling this YA--and with realistic endings, not happily ever after.