
The Boy at the Back of the Class
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Imogen Wilde
About this listen
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 GroupWhat listeners say about The Boy at the Back of the Class
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- Julie FIGUERES
- 03-12-24
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
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- Anonymous User
- 11-28-19
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.
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