Welcome to another blog post! This blog post will answer 2 questions that are from Refugee By Alan Gratz. My class is currently reading his book and I would recommend this book for 4th-6th graders because it talks about tough times. It can be read at any age Some 0f the main characters die as they are going through really tough and scary times. Still, it is an excellent book, teaching a lesson that not everything is fantasy, and it wakes people up and shows people what is currently happening like problems in Ukraine. Many people (refugees) are fleeing Ukraine because they are under attack.

Question 1: Why did Hitler hate Jews?

Based on what I know about WWII, I think Adolf Hitler hated Jewish people because of Germany’s depression. A little bit before world war 2, Germany was suffering from a depression that was causing widespread unemployment, starvation, and misery. Hitler didn’t want himself and his government to look weak so he needed someone to blame for his people’s great despair. As a result, he indoctrinated his citizens into believing that Jewish people were horrible and caused their depression. This shows that Hitler wanted someone to blame so he blamed everybody that is Jewish, and when he got power, he abused it.

Question 2: Is the boat going to work?

I predict that the boat is going to work. However, it will not be a good boat and will be small like a raft. It probably won’t be too safe either as they may be prone to get bitten by something like a shark. So far, everything the refugees think is going to help them ends up being bad. As a result, I think there may be several injuries. Finally, it also kept getting delayed, so why trust them now? This shows that based on everything that happened, you can’t trust somebody that you don’t know well. There may be something good (the boat working) but there is always a catch. Because of this, there will probably not be a big boat.