Refugee Boy

Acclaimed performance poet and novelist Benjamin Zephaniah's honest, wry and poignant story of a young refugee left in London is of even more power and pertinence today than when it was first published.Life is not safe for Alem. His father is Ethopian, his mother Eritrean. Their countries are at war, and Alem is welcome in neither place.So Alem is excited to spend a holiday in London with his father - until he wakes up to find him gone. What seems like a betrayal is in fact an act of love, but now Alem is alone in a strange country, and he must forge his own path ...Brilliantly written and with a real ear for dialogue, fans of Angie Thomas and Malorie Blackman will love Benjamin Zephaniah's novels for young adult readers: Refug BoyFaceGangsta RapTeacher's Dead

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The playful, obstinate and courageously humorous tone of Zephaniah's writing shines through ... hilarious and later heartbreaking Alfred Hickling, Guardian on REFUGEE BOY

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin Zephaniah, Zephaniah Benjamin
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 12
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781408894996
• ISBN: 978-1-4088-9499-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Parents, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration, Narrative theme: Coming of age, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Narrative theme: displacement, exile, migration, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, School stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Interest age: from c 11 years