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Its fur was scraggly and dull, and Isabel could feel the cat’s bones through its skin. The kitten wasn’t too different from her.

Shows how the government doesn’t care for the people.

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“The world was a whirlwind of bricks and broken dishes and table legs and heat, and Mahmoud slammed into a cabinet. His breath left him all at once, and he fell to the floor with a heavy thud in a heap of metal and mortar.”

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“Mahmoud watched as these two boys attacked the boy with the bread, a boy he didn't even know. He felt the stirrings of indignation, of anger, of sympathy. His breath came quick and deep, and his hands clenched into fists.

"I should do something," he whispered. But he knew better.

Head down, hoodie up, eyes on the ground. The trick was to be invisible. Blend in. Disappear.”

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Evidence of INDIFFERENCE

Evidence of VIOLENCE

1

26

When is Isabella Said “:she plays the trumpet and doesn’t make a lot, not because she isn’t good but because the tourist are the only people that could afford to donate.

When Ruth screamed for help when she is only 6 year olds

2

32

Syria was ruled by Bashar al-Assad, who had twice been

"elected" president when no one was allowed to run against him.

“Shadowed ands reached for him”

3

31

It hadn't always been this way. Just four years ago, their home city of Aleppo had been the biggest, brightest, most modern city in Syria. A crown jewel of the Middle East. Mahmoud remembered neon malls, glittering skyscrapers, soccer stadiums, movie theaters, museums.

Another shadow slapped  Ruth and picked her up by her hair

29

30

Mahmoud couldn't remember the last time he'd seen his brother laugh, or cry, or show any

emotion whatsoever

Random death from a fighter jet's missile or a soldier's rocket launcher might come at any moment, when you least expected it.

Page numbers

Evidence of INDIFFERENCE

Evidence of VIOLENCE

1

26

When is Isabella Said “:she plays the trumpet and doesn’t make a lot, not because she isn’t good but because the tourist are the only people that could afford to donate.

When Ruth screamed for help when she is only 6 year olds

2

32

Syria was ruled by Bashar al-Assad, who had twice been

"elected" president when no one was allowed to run against him.

“Shadowed ands reached for him”

3

31

It hadn't always been this way. Just four years ago, their home city of Aleppo had been the biggest, brightest, most modern city in Syria. A crown jewel of the Middle East. Mahmoud remembered neon malls, glittering skyscrapers, soccer stadiums, movie theaters, museums.

Another shadow slapped  Ruth and picked her up by her hair

29

30

Mahmoud couldn't remember the last time he'd seen his brother laugh, or cry, or show any

emotion whatsoever

Random death from a fighter jet's missile or a soldier's rocket launcher might come at any moment, when you least expected it.

Page numbers

Evidence of INDIFFERENCE

Evidence of VIOLENCE

1

26

When is Isabella Said “:she plays the trumpet and doesn’t make a lot, not because she isn’t good but because the tourist are the only people that could afford to donate.

When Ruth screamed for help when she is only 6 year olds

2

32

Syria was ruled by Bashar al-Assad, who had twice been

"elected" president when no one was allowed to run against him.

“Shadowed ands reached for him”

3

31

It hadn't always been this way. Just four years ago, their home city of Aleppo had been the biggest, brightest, most modern city in Syria. A crown jewel of the Middle East. Mahmoud remembered neon malls, glittering skyscrapers, soccer stadiums, movie theaters, museums.

Another shadow slapped  Ruth and picked her up by her hair

29

30

Mahmoud couldn't remember the last time he'd seen his brother laugh, or cry, or show any

emotion whatsoever

Random death from a fighter jet's missile or a soldier's rocket launcher might come at any moment, when you least expected it.

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If the bullies don’t notice you, they don’t hit you.

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“The shadows threw him to the floor. Another shadow picked up Ruth by the hair and slapped her. ‘Be quiet!’ The shadow yelled, and it tossed Ruth down on the floor beside Josef.”

✨Rileigh ✨

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“The shadows pulled down pictures, pulled drawers from their bureaus, and flung clothing everywhere. They broke lamps and light bulbs. Josef and Ruth clung to each other, terrified and wet-faced with tears.”

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Mahmoud couldn't remember the last time he’d seen his brother laugh, or cry, or show any emotion whatsoever.

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Josef Landau shot straight up in bed, his heart racing. That sound—it was like someone had kicked the front door in. Or had he dreamed it?

Josef listened, straining his ears in the dark.

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“The shadows threw him to the floor. Another shadow picked up Ruth by the hair and slapped her. ‘Be quiet!’ The shadow yelled, and it tossed Ruth down on the floor beside Josef.”

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towering shadows burst into the room. The air seemed to crackle around them like static from a radio. Josef tried to hide on the corner of his bed but the shadowy hands snatched at him. Grabbed him.