Josef
Josef is a smart, kind Jewish boy living in Germany in 1938 and the Nazis have just kicked in his door and taken him his sister his mom and his dad, the Nazis are here for his dad because he is studying law and it is illegal to study law as a Jew and they take him to concentration camp. Right before his dad is let out his mom and his sister are trying to plan an escape for when he gets out because the Nazis told them to. When Josef was allowed to go to school he didn't have many friends but he did have one but later when he is on a train he wanted to see what it was like in the German part of the train so he took off his Star Of David and he buys a newspaper and then tries to pay for a piece of candy but when he tries to grab a coin he accidentally pulled out the Star Of David and gets taken to his best friend who is a part of Hitler youth.
Isabel
Isabel is a smart, kind little girl from Cuba, her family is very poor so she often has to play her trumpet for money, Isabel also has a brother who plays baseball. She and her family want to escape Cuba because of their leader Fedil Castro, Isabel's neighbors are building a boat but Isabel's family doesn't know this but Isabel does so she tells her parents about the boat and they ask their neighbors if they can escape with them and they say yes
Muhmoud
Muhmoud is a nice, responsible boy who is living in Syria in 2015 when Syria was in the middle of a civil war so Muhmoud and his family want to escape Muhmoud has a brother and a sister so he is not alone terrified. Just like the other 2 other main characters Muhmoud and his family want to escape Syria so they get in a car to turkey then plan to take a boat to Greece.