“You can live as a ghost, waiting for death to come, or you can dance .” — Alan Gratz Dancing 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 Maybe 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… — Alan Gratz Animals 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… — Alan Gratz Books 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 Evil 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… — Alan Gratz Death Copy Share Image
“Remember: You are no one. You have no name. You do not speak, you do not look at them, you do not… — Alan Gratz Dead and gone 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… — Alan Gratz Concentration-camps 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… — Alan Gratz Bad people Copy Share Image
“If I had known what the next six years of my life were going to be like, I would have eaten more.… — Alan Gratz Every night 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… — Alan Gratz Bar mitzvah 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… — Alan Gratz Bar mitzvah 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… — Alan Gratz Ancestor Copy Share Image
“And you wanted to escape,' a man near me whispered to another man. 'You wanted to run off into the woods and… — Alan Gratz Another man Copy Share Image
“Your parents, Oskar and Mina. They are dead and gone now, Yanek, and we would grieve them if we could. But we… — Alan Gratz Dead and gone Copy Share Image
I don't know that I would have the courage to come over to a new country where the religion is different, the… — Alan Gratz Country 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… — Alan Gratz Boat Copy Share Image
People will ask me, "How do you approach writing books for young readers differently than for adults?" My answer is always: I… — Alan Gratz Ask me Copy Share Image
