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. I'm going to tell kids the way things really were. What… — Alan Gratz Copy Share Image
Waiting is a huge part of being a refugee. You're waiting at borders to get across. You're waiting for transportation. The waiting that people do in Turkey to get aboard one of these boats is incredible. And then when they… — Alan Gratz Copy Share Image
“You can live as a ghost, waiting for death to come, or you can dance .” — Alan Gratz Copy Share Image
“The ceremony was fast so we wouldn't be caught. When it was over, the men all whispered 'Mazel tov' and climbed back onto their… — Alan Gratz Copy Share Image
“It was all a big joke. I could see that now. There was no rhyme or reason to whether we lived or died. One… — Alan Gratz Copy Share Image
“If no one saw them, no one could help them. And maybe the world needed to see what was really happening here.” — Alan Gratz Copy Share Image
“I had survived the work gangs in the ghetto. Baked bread under cover of night. Hidden in a pigeon coop. Had a midnight bar… — Alan Gratz Copy Share Image
“Baseball, more than any other sport, has a magical way of connecting fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, grandparents and grandchildren and ancestors back… — Alan Gratz Copy Share Image
I think kids are incredibly savvy readers. I think we should give them all the credit in the world. They want to know the… — Alan Gratz Copy Share Image
“And that was the real truth of it, wasn't it? Whether you were visible or invisible, it was all about how other people reacted… — Alan Gratz Copy Share Image
“I shook with helplessness and rage, but also with fear. This was what fighting back earned you. More abuse. More death. Half a dozen… — Alan Gratz Copy Share Image
“I had managed to scare even the monsters, and when you can scare monsters, you can be sure you've become one yourself.” — Alan Gratz Copy Share Image
“What were they thinking, those little German children? Did they see animals when they looked at us, or people? I wasn't so sure myself… — Alan Gratz Copy Share Image
