Armchair Audies: Refugee by Alan Gratz narrated by, Michael Goldstrom, Kyla Garcia and Assaf Cohen

Nominated for an Audie Award in the Middle Grade Category
Published by Scholastic Audio

REFUGEE by by Alan Gratz narrated by, Michael Goldstrom, Kyla Garcia and Assaf Cohen

This is the story of 3 refugees from 3 different time periods

Josef- narrated by, Michael Goldstrom- Josef our young boy who now needs to be a man, his narration was well done there were times on the ship where his voice showed so much emotion and Josef’s final scene… amazing!

Isabel- narrated by, Kyla Garcia -Ah Isabel traveling such a short distance yet so much going on in that time and Kyla truly brought all these characters to life. An excellent job at conveying the emotions, and there were a lot of them for this family!

Mahmoud narrated by,  Assaf Cohen – Oh sweet Mahmoud his story was very heartbreaking as you can see from the quote below. I think because this one is still happening it was the toughest of the three stories. Assaf’s narration of Mahmoud as with the other narrators truly brought the emotion of everyone involved.

 They only see us when we do something they don’t like...like pray. -----Mahmoud

This book is a must read for anyone wondering what it is like to be a refugee this shows Jewish refugees leaving Germany before the war, Cuban refugees fleeing Castro and  Syrian refugees fleeing the war there, all in different time periods running from different kinds of oppression and death but yet their stories are very similar. I think not just children should read this book I know a lot of adults who should read this as well.

A story very well told.

Honestly, I see why this book was nominated for an Audie Award the narration is excellent and I think this one will be hard to beat!

5 Stars