Summary Of Alan Gratz's Refuge

In Refugee by Alan Gratz, "Sacrificing oneself is the ultimate act of love" is a dominant theme in the last chapters. On page 277, the text states, "A calm came over Lito, as though he'd come to some sort of understanding, some decision. I see it now, Chabela. All of it. The past, the present, the future. All my life, I kept waiting for things to get better.... It didn't. It didn't. Because I didn't change it... Don't stop rowing for shore! Isabel's grandfather yelled at everyone else. He kissed Isabel on the cheek, surprising her, and then stood and jumped into the ocean. "(Gratz) This proves his love for his family and his idea of his family being safe in the US, even without him. His family reaches Miami because Lito distracts the Coast