Refugee Boy (Modern Plays) - Hardcover

Zephaniah, Benjamin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1582347638 ISBN 13: 9781582347639

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2002

Synopsis

Walk in the shoes of Alem and you will learn what it's like to be a boy without a country. Alem's father is Ethiopian and his mother Eritrean, and as long as these two countries are at war, Alem's family is not welcome in either place. So Alem's father does what at first seems unthinkable - he leaves Alem in England, alone, in the hope that he will find safety as a refugee. Though the Refugee Council in London takes Alem's case, through the legal processing, finding a foster family, and entering school, it is Alem's courageous and caring character that wins him the friends, the respect, and ultimately, the legal permission to stay in England and start his own, new life.

About this title

Book Description:

Based on the novel by Benjamin Zephaniah, Refugee Boy is an urgent story of a courageous African boy sent to England to escape the violent civil war, a story about arriving, belonging and finding 'home'.

About the Author:

Benjamin Zephaniah is a British performance poet of Jamaican descent and travels on literary world tours for the British Council. Benjamin cannot remember a time he was not creating poetry. He believes that working with human rights groups, animal rights groups and other political organizations means that he will never lack subject matter. He currently lives in England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1582347638
• ISBN 13: 9781582347639
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288