Refugee Boy
by Benjamin Zephaniah
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Fourteen-year-old Alem Kelo adjusts to life as a foster child seeking asylum in London, while his Eritrean mother and Ethiopian father work for peace between their homelands in Africa.Tags
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I liked this overall, but found the ending chosen by the author unnecessary.
From LETTERBOX LIBRARY:
Zephaniah’s timely, eye-opening and brilliant new novel concerns the struggles, tragedy and resilient optimism of one young boy forced to seek refuge in the UK. Age 11+, 293pp Paperback
Price: £5.99
Zephaniah’s timely, eye-opening and brilliant new novel concerns the struggles, tragedy and resilient optimism of one young boy forced to seek refuge in the UK. Age 11+, 293pp Paperback
Price: £5.99
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44+ Works 1,566 Members
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Has as a student's study guide
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- Original publication date
- 2001-08-28
- Important places
- Ethiopia
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Teen, Young Adult
- DDC/MDS
- 823.914 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1900- 1901-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 .Z426 .R — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- 330
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- 95,830
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.56)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 14
- ASINs
- 6
