Refugee

The most famous child's account of Nazi persecution — where Refugee fictionalizes and multiplies, Frank's diary is singular and real; together they establish the full scope of what Jewish children experienced

Vietnamese refugee experience rendered in verse — the emotional directness and child-centered perspective are directly comparable; Lai's form is more experimental, Gratz's more plot-driven

Afghan displacement told from inside — Hosseini's adult narrative covers the adult consequences of the same displacement Gratz renders through a child's eyes; the comparison illuminates what age changes about the refugee experience

Another parallel-timeline refugee narrative — Sudan's Lost Boys in the 1980s and 2000s — structurally similar to Refugee and frequently taught alongside it

Graphic non-fiction account of the Syrian refugee crisis Gratz fictionalizes in Mahmoud's story — pairs with Refugee as the documentary to its drama

Muslim American child navigating identity and belonging — a gentler approach to similar questions about cultural identity, religion, and belonging in the US