The Boy at the Back of the Class

De: Onjali Q. Raúf, Pippa Curnick

Narrado por: Imogen Wilde

Told with heart and humour, The Boy at the Back of the Class is a child's perspective on the refugee crisis, highlighting the importance of friendship and kindness in a world that doesn't always make sense.

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 then I learned the truth: 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 help.

That's where my best friends Josie, Michael and Tom come in. Because you see, together we've come up with a plan....

©2018 Onjali Q. Raúf (P)2018 Hachette Children's Group

Hope, kindness and love

Loved this story. Children, teenagers and adults should read it! It opens the minds.

The reader evolves in a bubble of kindness + loved reading about the British Crown' s involvement!

Loved the book. Will place a review on my facebook page

To cry and cry

The book touched me so deeply that I spent most of the experience in tears. It simply and powerfully deals with the most fundamental concept of vulnerability. Embodied in the story of a little girl and boy.