Louis, which is set to take them to Cuba. When Aaron is released six months later, Josef, his mother Rachel, his sister Ruthie, and Aaron all board the St. His father, Aaron, is taken away by the Nazis on Kristallnacht and is sent to the Dachau concentration camp. Josef is 12 years old at the beginning of the book, living in Nazi Germany in 1938, where Jewish people like Josef are treated as “subhuman” and second-class citizens. One of the three protagonists of the book, alongside Isabel and Mahmoud.

Mahmoud: Hungary to Germany – 2015, 17 days.

Isabel: Coast of Florida – 1994, 5 days (4).

Josef: Vornay, France – 1940, 1 year, 1 month, 10 days.

Isabel: Coast of Florida – 1994, 5 days (3).

Josef: Antwerp, Belgium – 1939, 36 days.

Isabel: Coast of Florida – 1994, 5 days (2).

Mahmoud: Serbia to Hungary – 2015, 15-16 days.

Isabel: Coast of Florida – 1994, 5 days (1).

Mahmoud: Macedonia to Serbia – 2015, 14-15 days.

Isabel: Between Bahamas and Florida – 1994, 5 days (2).

Mahmoud: Lesbos to Athens – 2015, 12 days (3).

Isabel: Between Bahamas and Florida – 1994, 5 days (1).

Josef: Havana Harbor – 1939, 19 days (2).

Mahmoud: The Mediterranean – 2015, 11 days (3).

Isabel: Between Bahamas and Florida – 1994, 4 days.

Josef: Havana Harbor – 1939, 18 days (2).

Mahmoud: The Mediterranean – 2015, 11 days (2).

Josef: Havana Harbor – 1939, 18 days (1).

Mahmoud: The Mediterranean – 2015, 11 days (1).

Isabel: Straits of Florida – 1994, 2 days.

Josef: On the Atlantic Ocean – 1939, 17 days.Mahmoud: Izmir, Turkey – 2015, 11 days (2).Isabel: The Straits of Florida – 1994, 1 day (4).Josef: On the Atlantic Ocean – 1939, 14 days.Mahmoud: Izmir, Turkey – 2015, 11 days (1).Isabel: The Straits of Florida – 1994, 1 day (3).

Josef: On the Atlantic Ocean – 1939, 11 days.Isabel: Straits of Florida – 1994, 1 day (2).Josef: On the Atlantic Ocean – 1939, 10 days.Isabel: Straits of Florida – 1994, 1 day (1).Josef: On the Atlantic Ocean – 1939, 8 days.Isabel: Outside Havana, Cuba – 1994 (3).Josef: On the Atlantic Ocean – 1939, 6 days.Isabel: Outside Havana, Cuba – 1994 (2).Isabel: Outside Havana, Cuba – 1994 (1).

Captain America by Alan Gratz