Josef
The name of the ship that Josef and his family sail on.
What is the St. Louis
The place Isabel and her family are trying to get to.
What is the United States?
This is where Mahmoud and his family are from.
What is Syria?
This is the name of Isabel's grandfather.
What is Lito?
"No! I don't want my baby to be born in Cuba."
Who is Isabel's mother?
Josef and his family are looking to seek refuge at this place.
What is Cuba?
This person saves Senor Castillo when he falls into the ocean.
Who is Isabel?
She is given to strangers on a boat.
Who is Hana?
This person dies at sea.
Who is Iván?
"Jewish rats."
Who is Schiendick?
Josef's mother hides this in Ruthie's coat pocket.
What is earrings?
Isabel traded this for gasoline.
What is her trumpet?
This is why Mahmoud and his family are leaving Syria.
What is Civil War?
Celebrates his bar mitzvah.
Who is Josef?
"I'm so sorry I made you give Hana away."
Who is Mahmoud?
Josef's father goes to professor Weiler's funeral for this reason.
What is Josef's father has seen to many men die without a proper funeral?
This is how Isabel's grandmother died.
What is a tropical storm (hurricane)?
This person takes Mahmoud and his family into their home at the end of the book.
Who is Ruthie?
Name of Ivan's older brother.
What is Luis?
"You said if I was quiet, if I stood very still, they wouldn't come for me."
Who is Josef's father?
This person saves Josef's dad when he jumps into the ocean.
Who is Mariano Pardon?
This character is the most determined to get to the U.S..
Who is Isabel's father?
The time it took Mahmoud and his family to walk through Hungary to Austria.
What is twelve hours?
Son who shows little emotion.
Who is Waleed?
"We will cruise the American coast and make appeals to President Roosevelt."
Who is Captain Schroeder?