Refugee Boy

Description

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: Refugee

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