The waiting that people do in Turkey to get aboard one of these boats is incredible.
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And then when they finally do get aboard, it’s the last place they want to be. It’s harrowing. That is the horrible irony of a refugee’s life.
More Alan Gratz Quotes
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The waiting that people do in Turkey to get aboard one of these boats is incredible.
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I don’t know that I would have the courage to come over to a new country where the religion is different, the language is different, where I don’t have any money.
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Baseball, more than any other sport, has a magical way of connecting fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, grandparents and grandchildren and ancestors back down the line. – From The Brooklyn Nine
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What I don’t do – and this is the only thing I do differently in writing for kids – is that I don’t revel in the gory details.
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You don’t want to be doing it. But you have to. You have to keep moving forward.
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I allow readers to fill in the details as necessary. But I don’t force kids to have to digest something they’re not mature enough or ready for yet.
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The thought of starting over like that in the way that many refugee families have to start all over again – that’s an incredible thing to think about.
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One of the things I tell about Refugee is that unless you’re Native American or a descendant of slaves.
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And then when they finally do get aboard, it’s the last place they want to be. It’s harrowing. That is the horrible irony of a refugee’s life.
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I think kids are incredibly savvy readers.
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I think we should give them all the credit in the world. They want to know the truth.
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Your family immigrated to this country – whether they came over on the Mayflower or whether they came over on a raft last year.
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Waiting is a huge part of being a refugee. You’re waiting at borders to get across. You’re waiting for transportation.
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I’m going to tell kids the way things really were.
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People will ask me, “How do you approach writing books for young readers differently than for adults?” My answer is always: I don’t change anything about the story itself.
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You wait and wait for the next step, and when you get to the next step, it’s awful.
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