Students will find this compelling novel exciting and thought provoking. It follows 3 different young people in 3 different time periods escaping from their dangerous homeland and seeking refuge in other countries: Josef, escaping 1930's Nazi Germany, Isabel, escaping Cuba by raft in 1994, and Mahmoud, escaping Syria in 2015.This is a self contained unit that can be completed within 4-6 weeks, depending on how much is assigned as independent work versus in-class work. After introductory slide s