The boy at the back of the class / Onjali Q. Rauf ; illustrated by Pippa Curnick.

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The boy at the back of the class / Onjali Q. Rauf ; illustrated by Pippa Curnick.

Author: Rauf, Onjali Q.,

Author: Curnick, Pippa,

Publication year: 2018

Language: English

Format: Paperback

Classification: Fiction

Publisher: London : Orion, 2018.

Resource type: Physical

ISBN: 9781510105010 (pbk.) :

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There used to be an empty chair at the back of my class, but now a new boy called Ahmet is sitting in it. He's nine years old (just like me), but he's very strange. He never talks and never smiles and doesn't like sweets - not even lemon sherbets, which are my favourite! But the truth is, Ahmet really isn't very strange at all. He's a refugee who's run away from a war. A real one. With bombs and fires and bullies that hurt people. And the more I find out about him, the more I want to be his friend. That's where my best friends Josie, Michael and Tom come in. Because you see, together we've come up with a plan.

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Although this is written for children of primary school age, it is a wonderful book that everyone should read. It is narrated by a school child who tries to befriend a new boy in the class. As the story progresses it turns out that Ahmet is a Syrian refugee who became separated from his parents duri