Josef
What year does Josef story take place?
The year is 1939.
What year does Isabel story began in her book?
The year is 1994
What year does Mahmoud live in in his story?
The year he lives in is 2015.
Where was the MS St. Louis trying to get to?
Cuba.
What does Lito do so they could get to Miami?
He distracts the coast guard and goes back to Cuba.
Where is Josef from?
Berlin, Germany.
Who ruled as the president and prime minister of Cuba during the time in the book?
Fidel Castro.
What country is Mahmoud trying to get to?
He is trying to get to Germany.
What was Ivan and his dad making at the beginning of the book?
A boat.
What is Josef's dad's name?
Aaron Landau.
What place does Josef father get taken to at the beginning of the story?
His father is taken to a concentration camp in Germany.
Where was the place that they saw, but could not step foot on, otherwise they would be taken back to Cuba?
The Bahamas.
What did Mahmoud have to do with Hana so she could get out of the water, and be safer?
Mahmoud had to give Hana to someone that was on a boat.
Why is Josef leaving Germany?
To get away from the Nazis.
Who is Officer Padron?
Lito.
What are the names of the two girls that Josef and Ruthie make friends with?
Renata and Evelyne.
What does Isabel trade for gas for the boat?
Her trumpet.
What does Mahmoud do to survive?
He tries to stay invisible.
What is Mahmoud's brother's name?
Waleed.
Who is Frau Rosenberg?
Ruthie, Josef's sister.
Where does Josef and his family end up getting off at, and staying for a while?
Vornay, France.
Where is Isabel's family and the Castillo's trying to get to?
Miami, Florida.
What happens to Mahmoud's family's apartment?
A missile destroyed it.
When Mahmoud was in the Hungarian camp what was happening to his dad?
His dad was being beat with a police bat.
What is the main thing that Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud have in common?
They are all refugees.