The Boy At the Back of the Class
- Author Onjali Q. Rauf, illustrated by Pippa Curnick
- Narrator Imogen Wilde
- Publisher Hachette Children's Group
- Run Time 5 hours
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism.
Titles Purchased
- 1-5
- 6-10
- 11-15
- 16-20
- Over 20
Price p/Title
- £7.99
- £6.99
- £5.99
- £4.99
- £3.99
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What to expect
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. . .
(P) 2018 Hachette Children's Group
Critics Review
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Raul’s book is at once tearjerking and chuckle-inducing and will go a long way to restore faith in human nature.
Sunday Post -
Onjali Raúf’s debut, The Boy at the Back of the Class (Orion), illustrated by Pippa Curnick, offers a child’s eye view and an ambitious, adventure-filled plot. When a new boy is introduced at school, no one is exactly sure where he has come from; what is a “refugee kid”, anyway, and how can Ahmet be helped to feel that he belongs? Though the narrator’s voice is overly young at times, this is a lovely, warm-hearted first novel, a celebration of courage and friendship leavened with mischief.
The Guardian
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