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• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Gratz, Alan. Refugee. Scholastic Books, 2017. Ebook.

• The narrative focusing on the character of Josef opens in 1938.

• Josef’s family had recently moved from their home into a smaller apartment in Berlin.

• They had been forced to move due to laws the Nazis had recently enacted.

• Suddenly, Nazis storm into Josef's family's home.

• Josef's father is a lawyer.

• The Nazis say they are taking Josef's father into "protective custody" (3).

• The horrific historical event called Kristallnacht means the night of broken glass.

• Josef's father is then sent to the concentration camp called Dachau.

• Josef's father is eventually released after six months on the condition that the family agree to leave Germany immediately.

• The narration shifts to present Isabel's story.

• Isabel lives in Havana, Cuba.

• It is 1994.

• When Isabel's narrative opens, she is trying to coax...

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